John:7:25-44

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* Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said , "Isn 't this he whom they seek to kill ? * Behold , he speaks openly , and they say nothing to him . Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ ? * However we know where this man comes from , but when the Christ comes , no one will know where he comes from ." * Jesus therefore cried out in the temple , teaching and saying , "You both know me , and know where I am from . I have not come of myself , but he who sent me is true , whom you don 't know . * I know him , because I am from him , and he sent me ." * They sought therefore to take him ; but no one laid a hand on him , because his hour had not yet come . * But of the multitude , many believed in him . They said , "When the Christ comes , he won 't do more signs than those which this man has done , will he ?" * The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him , and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him . * Then Jesus said , "I will be with you a little while longer , then I go to him who sent me . * You will seek me , and won 't find me ; and where I am , you can 't come ." * The Jews therefore said among themselves , "Where will this man go that we won 't find him ? Will he go to the Dispersion among the Greeks , and teach the Greeks ? * What is this word that he said , 'You will seek me , and won 't find me ; and where I am , you can 't come '?" * Now on the last and greatest day of the feast , Jesus stood and cried out , "If anyone is thirsty , let him come to me and drink ! * He who believes in me , as the Scripture has said , from within him will flow rivers of living water ." * But he said this about the Spirit , which those believing in him were to receive . For the Holy Spirit was not yet given , because Jesus wasn 't yet glorified . * Many of the multitude therefore , when they heard these words , said , "This is truly the prophet ." * Others said , "This is the Christ ." But some said , "What , does the Christ come out of Galilee ? * Hasn 't the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David , {2 Samuel strkjv @7:12 } and from Bethlehem , {Micah strkjv @5:2 } the village where David was ?" * So there arose a division in the multitude because of him . * Some of them would have arrested him , but no one laid hands on him .

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