John 7:37-52

Tree of Life Version

Satisfying Spiritual Thirst

³⁷ On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Yeshua stood up and cried out loudly, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. ³⁸ Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture says, ‘out of his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’” ^{[a] 39} Now He said this about the Ruach, whom those who trusted in Him were going to receive; for the Ruach^[b] was not yet given, since Yeshua was not yet glorified.

⁴⁰ When they heard these words, some of the crowd said, “This man really is the Prophet.” ⁴¹ Others were saying, “This is the Messiah.” Still others were saying, “The Messiah doesn’t come from the Galilee, does He? ⁴² Didn’t the Scripture say that the Messiah comes from the seed of David and from Bethlehem, David’s town?” ^{[c] 43} So a division arose in the crowd because of Yeshua. ⁴⁴ Some wanted to capture Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

Religious Adversaries

⁴⁵ Then the guards returned to the ruling kohanim and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him?”

⁴⁶ “Never has anyone spoken like this man,” the guards answered.

⁴⁷ The Pharisees responded, “You haven’t been led astray also, have you? ⁴⁸ Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him? ⁴⁹ No, but this mob that doesn’t know the Torah—they are cursed!”

⁵⁰ Nicodemus, the one who had come to Yeshua before and was one of them, said to them, ⁵¹ “Our Torah doesn’t judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it?”

⁵² They answered him, “You aren’t from the Galilee too, are you? Search, and see that no prophet comes out of the Galilee!”^[d]