John 7:38-48

38 "He who believes in Me, ¹as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of ²living water.' "

39 But this He spoke ³of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for ⁴the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet ⁵glorified.

Division of People over Jesus

40 Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, "This certainly is ⁶the Prophet."

41 Others were saying, "This is the Christ." Still others were saying, "⁷Surely the Christ is not going to come from Galilee, is He?

42 "Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from ⁸the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"

43 So ⁹a division occurred in the crowd because of Him.

44 ¹⁰Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

45 The ¹¹officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, "Why * did you not bring Him?"

46 The ¹²officers answered, "¹³Never has a man spoken the way this man speaks."

47 The Pharisees then answered them, "¹⁴You have not also been led astray, have you?

48 "¹⁵No one of ¹⁶the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he?

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Cross References 16

1. Isaiah 44:3; Isaiah 55:1; Isaiah 58:11
2. John 4:10
3. Joel 2:28; John 1:33
4. John 20:22; Acts 1:4; Acts 2:4, 33; Acts 19:2
5. John 12:16, 23; John 13:31; John 16:14; John 17:1
6. Matthew 21:11; John 1:21
7. John 1:46; John 7:52
8. Psalms 89:4; Micah 5:2; Matthew 1:1; Matthew 2:5; Luke 2:4f
9. John 9:16; John 10:19
10. John 7:30
11. John 7:32
12. John 7:32
13. Matthew 7:28
14. John 7:12
15. John 12:42
16. Luke 23:13; John 7:26

Footnotes 3

[a]. Lit "out of his belly"
[b]. I.e. the Messiah
[c]. I.e. the Messiah

John 7:38-48

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Division of People over Jesus

Cross References 16

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