John 7:27-41

²⁷Still, we know where this man is from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”

²⁸Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, “You know me, and you know where I’m from. I haven’t come of my own accord, but He who sent me is true, who you don’t know.

²⁹I know Him, because I am from Him, and He sent me.”

³⁰Because of this, they were seeking to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him, because His time had not yet come.

³¹Many of the people believed in Him, saying, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than this man has done?”

³²The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Jesus, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to seize Him.

³³Then Jesus told them, “I will be with you a little while longer, and then I am going to Him who sent me.

³⁴You will look for me, and not find me, and where I am, you can’t come.”

³⁵Then the Jews said among themselves, “Where does He intend to go that we won’t be able to find Him? He doesn’t intend to go to the dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, does He?

³⁶What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for me, and not find me, and where I am, you can’t come’?”

³⁷On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and declared loudly, “If anyone is thirsty, let that person come to me and drink.

³⁸Rivers of living water will flow from within whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said.”

³⁹He said this about the Spirit, who those believing in Him would receive. The Holy Spirit wasn’t yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.

⁴⁰When they heard these words, many in the crowd were saying, “This is really the prophet.”

⁴¹Others were saying, “This is the Christ,” but some were saying, “Surely the Christ isn’t going to come from Galilee, is He?