John:7:25-44

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* Some however of the people of Jerusalem said , »Is not this the man they are wanting to kill ? * But here he is , speaking openly and boldly , and they say nothing to him ! Can the Rulers really have ascertained that this man is the Christ ? * And yet we know this man , and we know where he is from ; but as for the Christ , when He comes , no one can tell where He is from .« * Jesus therefore , while teaching in the Temple , cried aloud , and said , »Yes , you know me , and you know where I am from . And yet I have not come of my own accord ; but there is One who has sent me , an Authority indeed , of whom you have no knowledge . * I know Him , because I came from Him , and He sent me .« * On hearing this they wanted to arrest Him ; yet not a hand was laid on Him , because His time had not yet come . * But from among the crowd a large number believed in Him . »When the Christ comes ,« they said , »will He perform more miracles than this teacher has performed ?« * The Pharisees heard the people thus expressing their various doubts about Him , and the High Priests and the Pharisees sent some officers to apprehend Him . * So Jesus said , »Still for a short time I am with you , and then I go my way to Him who sent me . * You will look for me and will not find me , and where I am you cannot come .« * The Jews therefore said to one another , »Where is he about to betake himself , so that we shall not find him ? Will he betake himself to the Dispersion among the Gentiles , and teach the Gentiles ? * What do those words of his mean , `You will look for me , but will not find me , and where I am you cannot come '?« * On the last day of the Festival –the great day – Jesus stood up and cried aloud . »Whoever is thirsty ,« He said , »let him come to me and drink . * He who believes in me , from within him –as the Scripture has said – rivers of living water shall flow .« * He referred to the Spirit which those who believed in Him were to receive ; for the Spirit was not bestowed as yet , because Jesus had not yet been glorified . * After listening to these discourses , some of the crowd began to say , »This is beyond doubt the Prophet .« * Others said , »He is the Christ .« But others again , »Not so , for is the Christ to come from Galilee ? * Has not the Scripture declared that the Christ is to come of the family of David and from Bethlehem , David 's village ?« * So there was a violent dissension among the people on His account . * Some of them wanted at once to arrest Him , but no one laid hands upon Him .

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