29. But I know the one who sent me, because I came from him.”
30. Some of the people wanted to arrest Jesus there and then. But no one even laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come.
31. A lot of people in the crowd put their faith in him and said, “When the Messiah comes, he won't perform more miracles than this man has done!”
32. When the Pharisees heard the crowd arguing about Jesus, they got together with the chief priests and sent some temple police to arrest him.
33. But Jesus told them, “I will be with you a little while longer, and then I will return to the one who sent me.
34. You will look for me, but you won't find me. You cannot go where I am going.”
35. The Jewish leaders asked each other, “Where can he go to keep us from finding him? Is he going to some foreign country where our people live? Is he going there to teach the Greeks?
36. What did he mean by saying that we will look for him, but won't find him? Why can't we go where he is going?”
37. On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and shouted, “If you are thirsty, come to me and drink!
38. Have faith in me, and you will have life-giving water flowing from deep inside you, just as the Scriptures say.”
39. Jesus was talking about the Holy Spirit, who would be given to everyone that had faith in him. The Spirit had not yet been given to anyone, since Jesus had not yet been given his full glory.
40. When the crowd heard Jesus say this, some of them said, “He must be the Prophet!”