John 7:32-53

New American Standard Bible 1995

³² The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent ^(A)officers to ^(B)seize Him. ³³ Therefore Jesus said, “^(C)For a little while longer I am with you, then ^(D)I go to Him who sent Me. ^34 (E)You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.” ^35 (F)The Jews then said to one another, “^(G)Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He is not intending to go to ^(H)the Dispersion among ^(I)the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, is He? ³⁶ What is this statement that He said, ‘^(J)You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’?”

³⁷ Now on ^(K)the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “^[a](L)If anyone is thirsty, ^[b]let him come to Me and drink. ³⁸ He who believes in Me, ^(M)as the Scripture said, ‘From ^[c]his innermost being will flow rivers of ^(N)living water.’” ³⁹ But this He spoke ^(O)of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for ^(P)the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet ^(Q)glorified.

Division of People over Jesus

⁴⁰ Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This certainly is ^(R)the Prophet.” ⁴¹ Others were saying, “This is ^[d]the Christ.” Still others were saying, “^(S)Surely ^[e]the Christ is not going to come from Galilee, is He? ⁴² Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from ^(T)the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” ⁴³ So ^(U)a division occurred in the crowd because of Him. ^44 (V)Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

⁴⁵ The ^(W)officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” ⁴⁶ The ^(X)officers answered, “^(Y)Never has a man spoken the way this man speaks.” ⁴⁷ The Pharisees then answered them, “^(Z)You have not also been led astray, have you? ^48 (AA)No one of ^(AB)the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? ⁴⁹ But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed.” ^50 (AC)Nicodemus (he who came to Him before, being one of them) *said to them, ⁵¹ “^(AD)Our Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?” ⁵² They answered him, “^(AE)You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.” ⁵³ [^[f]Everyone went to his home.