John 7
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John 7:32-45

32When theG3588 PhariseesG5330 heardG191 theG3588 crowdG3793 whisperingG1111 these thingsG3778 aboutG4012 Jesus, they andG2532 theG3588 chief priestsG749 sentG649 officersG5257 toG2443 arrestG4084 HimG846. 33SoG3767 JesusG2424 saidG2036, “I amG1510 withG3326 youG4771 onlyG2089 a little whileG3398 longerG5550, and thenG2532 I am goingG5217 toG4314 theG3588 One who sentG3992 MeG1473. 34You will look forG2212 MeG1473, but you will not findG3756G2147 MeG1473; andG2532 whereG3699 IG1473 amG1510, youG4771 cannotG3756G1410 comeG2064.”

35At thisG3767, theG3588 JewsG2453 saidG2036 toG4314 one anotherG1438, “WhereG4226 does HeG3778 intendG3195 to goG4198 thatG3754 weG1473 will not findG3756G2147 HimG846? Will HeG3361G3195 goG4198 whereG1519 theG3588 Jews are dispersedG1290 among theG3588 GreeksG1672,1 andG2532 teachG1321 theG3588 GreeksG1672? 36WhatG5101 does He meanG1510G3778G3588G3056 byG3739 sayingG2036, ‘You will look forG2212 MeG1473, but you will not findG3756G2147 MeG1473,’ andG2532, ‘WhereG3699 IG1473 amG1510, youG4771 cannotG3756G1410 comeG2064’?”

37

OnG1722 theG3588 lastG2078 and greatestG3173 dayG2250 of theG3588 feastG1859, JesusG2424 stood upG2476 andG2532 called out in a loud voiceG2896G3004, “IfG1437 anyoneG5100 is thirstyG1372, let him comeG2064 toG4314 MeG1473 andG2532 drinkG4095. 38WhoeverG3588 believesG4100 inG1519 MeG1473, asG2531 theG3588 ScriptureG1124 has saidG2036: ‘StreamsG4215 of livingG2198 waterG5204 will flowG4482 fromG1537 within himG846.’” 39He was speakingG3778G2036 aboutG4012 theG3588 SpiritG4151, whomG3739 those whoG3588 believedG4100 inG1519 HimG846 were laterG3195 to receiveG2983. ForG1063 the SpiritG4151 hadG1510 not yetG3768 been given,2 becauseG3754 JesusG2424 had not yetG3764 been glorifiedG1392.

40

On hearingG191 theseG3778 wordsG3056, some ofG1537 theG3588 peopleG3793 saidG2036, “ThisG3778 isG1510 trulyG230 theG3588 ProphetG4396.”

41OthersG243 declaredG2036, “ThisG3778 isG1510 theG3588 ChristG5547.”

ButG1161 still othersG3588 askedG2036, “How can theG3588 ChristG5547 comeG2064 fromG1537 GalileeG1056? 42Doesn’tG3756 theG3588 ScriptureG1124 sayG2036 thatG3754 theG3588 ChristG5547 will comeG2064 fromG1537 theG3588 lineG4690 of DavidG1138 andG2532 fromG575 BethlehemG965, theG3588 villageG2968 whereG3699 DavidG1138 livedG1510?3”

43SoG3767 there wasG1096 divisionG4978 inG1722 theG3588 crowdG3793 because ofG1223 Jesus. 44SomeG5100 ofG1537 themG846 wantedG2309 to seizeG4084 HimG846, butG235 no oneG3762 laidG1911 a handG5495 onG1909 HimG846.

45ThenG3767 theG3588 officersG5257 returnedG2064 toG4314 theG3588 chief priestsG749 andG2532 PhariseesG5330, who askedG2036 themG846, “WhyG1223G5101 didn’t you bringG3756G71 Him inG846?”

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Notes

  1. 1. John 7:35 Literally Will He go to the Diaspora among the Greeks; the Jewish people living outside the land of Israel since the Babylonian exile were referred to as the Diaspora. ↩
  2. 2. John 7:39 Literally the Spirit was not yet; BYZ and TR the Holy Spirit was not yet ↩
  3. 3. John 7:42 See Micah 5:2. ↩

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