JOHN 7 37-8:1

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37 - On the last day of the feast, the “last great day” (Lev.23:36) Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink! 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of their heart will flow rivers of living water.’” 39 Now he said this about the Spirit{/Presence of God} which those who believing in him would receive, for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

     40 When they heard him say this, some of the people said, “This really is the Prophet!” 41 Others said, “This is the Christ!” But others said, “Is the Christ to come from Galilee? 42 Has not the Scripture said the Messiah comes from the offspring of David, and Bethlehem, the village of David?” 43 So there was a division among the people concerning him. 44 Some of them {leaders} wanted to arrest him. But no one laid hands upon him. (They had sent officers out to arrest him.)

     45 The officers then went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”46 The officers answered, “No one ever spoke like this man!” 47 The Pharisees answered, “Have you been deceived as well? 48 Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd that doesn’t know the law, is accursed!” {Beneath us?! Is the ignorant rabble!?} 50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus before (by night) but who was one of them, said, 51 “Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning about his works?” 52 They answered him, “Are you from Galilee too?! Search and see! No prophet comes from Galilee.”

     [The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53 to 8:11.] 53 They all went home to their own houses, 8:1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

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Tomorrows verses - John 8:2-11

My own studies. Been neglecting Psalms (jan 1-20, feb-20’s, mar-30’s, apr-40’s, etc. dec-120-150) and the Prophets.