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But we know where this man is from; when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.”
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Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out,
“Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him,
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At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
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Still, many in the crowd believed in him. They said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs than this man?”
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The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.
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The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
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What did he mean when he said,
‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,’ and
‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
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On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice,
“Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.
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By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.