37. It was the last and most important day of the Feast. Jesus stood up and spoke in a loud voice. He said, "Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.
38. Does anyone believe in me? Then, just as Scripture says, streams of living water will flow from inside him."
39. When he said this, he meant the Holy Spirit. Those who believed in Jesus would receive the Spirit later. Up to that time, the Spirit had not been given. This was because Jesus had not yet received glory.
40. When some of the people heard his words, they said, "This man must be the Prophet we've been expecting."
41. Others said, "He is the Christ." Still others asked, "How can the Christ come from Galilee?
42. Doesn't Scripture say that the Christ will come from David's family? Doesn't it say that he will come from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?"
43. So the people did not agree about who Jesus was.
44. Some wanted to arrest him. But no one laid a hand on him.
45. Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees. They asked the guards, "Why didn't you bring him in?"
46. "No one ever spoke the way this man does," the guards replied.
47. "You mean he has fooled you also?" the Pharisees asked.
48. "Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in him?