³²The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering such things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent temple police to arrest him. ³³Jesus then said, “I will be with you a little while longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.^* ³⁴You will search for me, but you will not find me, and where I am, you cannot come.”^* ³⁵The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? Does he intend to go to the dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?^* ³⁶What does he mean by saying, ‘You will search for me, but you will not find me’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”

Rivers of Living Water

³⁷On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me,^* ³⁸and let the one who believes in me drink. As^q the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart^r shall flow rivers of living water.’ ”^* ³⁹Now he said this about the Spirit, which believers in him were to receive, for as yet there was no Spirit^s because Jesus was not yet glorified.^*

Division among the People

⁴⁰When they heard these words, some in the crowd said, “This is really the prophet.” ⁴¹Others said, “This is the Messiah.”^t But some asked, “Surely the Messiah^u does not come from Galilee, does he?^* ⁴²Has not the scripture said that the Messiah^v is descended from David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”^* ⁴³So there was a division in the crowd because of him. ⁴⁴Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.

The Unbelief of Those in Authority

⁴⁵Then the temple police went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why did you not arrest him?” ⁴⁶The police answered, “Never has anyone spoken like this!” ⁴⁷Then the Pharisees replied, “Surely you have not been deceived, too, have you? ⁴⁸Has any one of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him?^* ⁴⁹But this crowd, which does not know the law, they are accursed.” ⁵⁰Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus^w before and who was one of them, asked, ⁵¹“Our law does not judge people without first giving them a hearing to find out what they are doing, does it?”^* ⁵²They replied, “Surely you are not also from Galilee, are you? Search and you will see that no prophet is to arise from Galilee.”

The Woman Caught in Adultery

⁵³[[Then each of them went home,

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John 7:37–38: On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‛Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’”

Footnotes

qOr come to me and drink. 38The one who believes in me, as
rGk out of his belly
sOther ancient authorities read for as yet the Spirit (others, Holy Spirit) had not been given
tOr the Christ
uOr the Christ
vOr the Christ
wGk him

Cross references

*Jn 13:33; 16:16–19
*Jn 8:21; 13:33
*Jas 1:1; 1 Pet 1:1
*Lev 23:36; Isa 55:1; Rev 22:17
*Isa 12:3; Jn 4:10, 14
*Joel 2:28; Jn 12:23; 20:22; Acts 2:17, 33
*Jn 1:46
*Jer 23:5; Mic 5:2; Mt 2:5; Lk 2:4
*Jn 12:42
*Deut 17:6; 19:15