John 7:37-44

Christian Standard Bible

The Promise of the Spirit

³⁷ On the last and most important day of the festival,^(A) Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me^[a](B) and drink.^{(C) 38} The one who believes in me,^(D) as the Scripture^(E) has said, will have streams of living water^(F) flow^(G) from deep within him.” ³⁹ He said this about the Spirit.^(H) Those who believed in Jesus were going to receive the Spirit,^(I) for the Spirit^[b] had not yet been given^[c] because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

The People Are Divided over Jesus

⁴⁰ When some from the crowd heard these words, they said, “This truly is the Prophet.”^{(J) 41} Others said, “This is the Messiah.” But some said, “Surely the Messiah doesn’t come from Galilee, does he? ⁴² Doesn’t the Scripture^(K) say that the Messiah comes from David’s^(L) offspring^[d] and from the town of Bethlehem,^(M) where David lived?” ⁴³ So the crowd was divided^(N) because of him. ⁴⁴ Some of them wanted to seize him,^(O) but no one laid hands on him.