John:7:25-44

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* Then some of the men of Jerusalem were saying . "Is not this the man they are seeking to kill ? * "And look ! he is speaking boldly and they are saying nothing to him . Can it possibly be that the rulers have really discovered that he is the Christ ? * "But we know this man and where he is from ; but when the Christ comes no one will know where he comes from ." * So Jesus cried aloud as he was teaching in the Temple , and said . "You both know me and you know where I am from ; and I am not come on my own authority , but he who sent me is trustworthy , and him you do not know . * "But I now him , because I am from him and he sent me ." * Then they kept seeking to arrest him , but no man laid hands on him , because his hour was not yet come . * But many of the crowd believed on him and began to say , "The Christ , when he comes , will he do more signs than this man has done ?" * The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him , and the high priest and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him . * Then Jesus said to them . "Still for a little longer I am with you , and then I am going my way to him who sent me . * "You will search for me and will not find me , and where I am you cannot come ." * Then the Jews said to one another . "Where does this fellow intend to go , so that we shall not find him ? He is not intending to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and to teach the Greeks , is he ? * "What does he mean saying , You shall seek me and you shall not find me , and Where I am you cannot come ?" * Now the last day , that the great day of the feast , Jesus stood up and cried in a loud voice . * "If any man thirst let him come to me and drink . From the heart of him who believes in me will flow , as the Scripture said , rivers of living water ." * Now he said this concerning the Spirit whom those who believed in him should receive . For the Spirit was not yet given , because Jesus had not yet been glorified . * Some of the crowd who had been listening to these discourses began to say , "Without a doubt this man is a Prophet ." * Other said , "He is the Christ ." But others were saying . "Surely the Christ is not to come out of Galilee , is he ? * "Does not the Scripture say that the Christ is coming of the descendants of David , and from Bethlehem , Davids town ?" * So a division arose in the crowd concerning him . Some of them wished to apprehend him , but no one laid hands on him . * Then the officers returned to the chief priest and Pharisees ,

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