lives (26:24). The post-Easter community, instructed to plead for the expected gift of the Holy Spirit, is drawn into discipleship of its Lord (who is in process of withdrawing); he is well aware that the saving gift he will bequeath to them flows from his mortal wound: “If any one thirst, let him come to me, and let him who believes drink” (Jn 7:37). The Evangelist here rightly interprets what “flows” from the Lord as the Spirit, who is “not yet there” because he presupposes the death of Jesus;