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But I know him because I come from him, and he sent me to you.”
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Then the leaders tried to arrest him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come.
31
Many among the crowds at the Temple believed in him. “After all,” they said, “would you expect the Messiah to do more miraculous signs than this man has done?”
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When the Pharisees heard that the crowds were whispering such things, they and the leading priests sent Temple guards to arrest Jesus.
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But Jesus told them, “I will be with you only a little longer. Then I will return to the one who sent me.
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You will search for me but not find me. And you cannot go where I am going.”
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The Jewish leaders were puzzled by this statement. “Where is he planning to go?” they asked. “Is he thinking of leaving the country and going to the Jews in other lands? Maybe he will even teach the Greeks!
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What does he mean when he says, ‘You will search for me but not find me,’ and ‘You cannot go where I am going’?”
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On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, “Anyone who is thirsty may come to me!
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Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’”
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(When he said “living water,” he was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in him. But the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet entered into his glory.)
[c].
Or “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from the heart of anyone who believes in me.’”
[d].
Several early manuscripts read But as yet there was no Spirit. Still others read But as yet there was no Holy Spirit.