John 7:33-44

³³Then Jesus told the people, “I'll be with you just a little longer, but then I'll return to the one who sent me.

³⁴You'll search for me but you won't find me; and you can't come where I'm going.”

³⁵The Jews said to each other, “Where could he be going that we couldn't find him? Is he planning to go to those scattered among the foreigners, and teach the foreigners?

³⁶What does he mean by saying, ‘You'll search for me but you won't find me; and you can't come where I'm going’?”

³⁷On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and shouted out in a loud voice, “If you're thirsty, come to me and drink.

³⁸If you trust in me, you will have streams of life-giving water flowing out from within you, as Scripture says.”

³⁹He was referring to the Spirit that those who trusted in him would later receive. The Spirit hadn't been given yet because Jesus hadn't yet been glorified.

⁴⁰When they heard these words, some of the people said, “This man is definitely the Prophet!”

⁴¹Others said, “He is the Messiah!” Still others said, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?

⁴²Doesn't Scripture say that the Messiah comes from David's lineage, and from David's home town of Bethlehem?”

⁴³So the crowd had a strong difference of opinion about him.

⁴⁴Some wanted to arrest him, but nobody laid a hand on him.