30. When Jesus said this, they tried to seize him. But no one was able to touch him. It was not yet the right time.
31. But many of the people believed in Jesus. They said, “When the Christ comes, will he do more miracles than this man has done?”
32. The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus. So the leading priests and the Pharisees sent some Temple guards to arrest him.
33. Then Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer. Then I will go back to the One who sent me.
34. You will look for me, but you will not find me. And you cannot come where I am.”
35. The Jews said to each other, “Where will this man go so we cannot find him? Will he go to the Greek cities where our people live? Will he teach the Greek people there?
36. This man says, ‘You will look for me but you will not find me.’ He also says, ‘You cannot come where I am.’ What does this mean?”
37. The last day of the feast came. It was the most important day. On that day Jesus stood up and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.
38. If a person believes in me, rivers of living water will flow out from his heart. This is what the Scripture says.”
39. Jesus was talking about the Holy Spirit. The Spirit had not yet been given because Jesus had not yet been raised to glory. But later, those who believed in Jesus would receive the Spirit.
40. The people heard these things that Jesus said. Some of them said, “This man really is the Prophet.”
41. Others said, “He is the Christ.”Still others said, “The Christ will not come from Galilee.