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34 You⁺ will look for Me, but you⁺ will not find Me; and where I am, you⁺ cannot come. 35 At this, the Jews (people of praise) said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks \Will He go to the Diaspora among the Greeks/, and teach {didaskein} the Greeks? 36 What does He mean by saying, ‘You⁺ will look for Me, but you⁺ will not find Me, and, ‘Where I am, you⁺ cannot come 37 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus (YHWH saves) stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him. 39 He was speaking about the Spirit {Pneumatos}, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit {Pneuma} had not yet been given [the Holy Spirit was not yet], because Jesus (YHWH saves) had not yet been glorified. 40 On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet. 41 Others declared, “This is the Christ (the Anointed One). But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee (circuit)? 42 Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ (the Anointed One) will come from the line of David (beloved) and from Bethlehem (house of bread), the village where David lived 43 So there was division in the crowd because of Jesus. 44 Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him. 45 Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you⁺ bring Him in? 46 “Never has anyone spoken like this man! the officers answered. 47 “Have you⁺ also been deceived? replied the Pharisees. 48 “Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed (had faith) in Him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law—they are under a curse. 50 Nicodemus (victory of the people), who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked, 51 “Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done? 52 “Aren’t you also from Galilee (circuit)? they replied. “Look into it, and you will see (behold) that no prophet comes out of Galilee.” 53 Then each went to his own home. John 7:34-53, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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