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John 7:38
He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Verse 38. _HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME, AS THE SCRIPTURE HATH SAID_] He who receives me as the Messiah, according to what the Scripture has said concerning me; my person, birth, conduct, preaching, and mi...
HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME - He that acknowledges me as the Messiah, and trusts in me for salvation. AS THE SCRIPTURE HATH SAID - This is a difficult expression, from the fact that no such expression as...
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. My Time is not Yet Come. (John 7:1 .)_ 2. Departure from Galilee; Sought by the Jews. (John 7:10 .) 3. In the Temple Teaching. (John 7:14 .) 4. Opposition to Him. ...
THE LAST DAY OF THE FEAST. The Feast of Tabernacles, the feast of the ingathering at the end of summer, lasted seven days in early times (Deuteronomy 16:13). An eighth day was added later (Leviticus 2...
HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME, AS THE SCRIPTURE HATH SAID. Notice that "believing" corresponds to "coming" in the preceding verse, showing that faith is the means that brings us to Christ. The reference is...
On the last, the great day of the festival, Jesus stood and cried: "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. As the scripture says: 'He who believes in me--rivers of living water shall flow fr...
NOT MAN'S TIME BUT GOD'S (John 7:1-9)...
HE THAT. that. Read this in connection with the previous verse: "let him drink that believeth on Me". AS. according as. HATH SAID. hath said [concerning Me]. App-107. OUT OF. Greek. _ek._ App-104. a...
The Discourse at the Feast of Tabernacles Of this section John 7:10 form a sort of introduction. "An equal degree of authenticity belongs to the verses which follow, 10 15. The whispered enquiries an...
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
_as the scripture hath said_ This phrase undoubtedly refers to the words that follow: but inasmuch as no such text is found in Scripture, some have tried to force the phrase into connexion with what p...
THE DISCOURSES AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES Of this section John 7:10-13 are introductory....
14–39. We have (1) a discourse in the midst of the Feast in which three groups take part; ‘the Jews’ (14–24); some of the people of Jerusalem (25–31); the envoys of the Sanhedrin (32–36): (2) a discou...
Ὁ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩΝ. _Nominativus pendens;_ comp. John 6:39; John 15:2. ΚΑΘῺΣ ΕἾΠΕΝ Ἡ ΓΡ. _As the scripture_ SAID; as if some passage to this effect had recently been read. see on John 2:22. The phrase undoubt...
VER 37. IN THE LAST DAY, THAT GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST, JESUS STOOD AND CRIED, SAYING, IF ANY MAN THIRST, LET HIM COME TO ME, AND DRINK. 38. HE THAT BELIEVES IN ME, AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID, OUT OF HIS...
_DRINKING LIVING WATER FROM JESUS -- JOHN 7:37-39:_ "On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and shouted, "If you are thirsty, come to me and drink! Have faith in me, and yo...
ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΙΣΤΈΎΩ (G4100) верить. Subst. part. описывает неотъемлемую черту характера, ΚΑΘΏΣ (G2531) как. Об использовании и строении _см._ Morris; Brown, ΠΟΤΑΜΟΊ _пот. pl. от_...
DISCOURSE: 1648 CHRIST’S OFFER OF THE SPIRIT John 7:37. _In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that belie...
IN THE LAST DAY, &C.— It is commonly supposed, that, while Jesus was thus discoursing in the temple on the last and great day of the feast, the water from Siloam was brought into the women's court of...
DISCOURSE ON THE LIVING WATER _Text 7:37-52_ 37 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink. 38 He that belie...
THE OLD SABBATH CONTROVERSY RENEWED _Text 7:14-53_ 14 But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. 15 The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How knoweth thi...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 7:32-53 The following is a general Outline of the passage which is to be before us:— Before examining in detail the dosing verses of John 7 this will be the bes...
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME, AS THE SCRIPTURE HATH SAID, OUT OF HIS BELLY SHALL FLOW RIVERS OF L...
16 Here we have the test of a true teacher. The greatest of all Teachers could easily have formulated a philosophy of His own before which all the wisdom of the ages would sink into insignificance. He...
7:38 believes (b-3) Pres. participle, i.e. characteristic....
THE SCRIPTURE] Our Lord combines the sense of several OT. passages, e.g. Isaiah 44:3; Isaiah 58:11; Ezekiel 47:1. BELLY] here, by a Hebraism, for a man's inmost soul: cp. the use of _beten_ ('belly')...
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES John 7:1 to John 10:21. Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles, October, 28 a.d. After the discourse of John 6, delivered just before Passover 28 a.d., Jesus did not go up to Jeru...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 7 JESUS AND HIS BROTHERS 7:1-9 V1 After this, Jesus stayed in *Galilee. He travelled from village to village. He decide...
There can be little doubt that our English version rightly gives the meaning of the original here; though representatives of both the earliest and the latest schools of interpretation have tried so to...
CHAPTER 16 JESUS DISCUSSED IN JERUSALEM. “And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for He would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill Him. Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of...
ὁ πιστεύων … ζῶντος. [The nominative absolute is common.] No Scripture gives the words _verbatim_. Isaiah 58:11 has: “The Lord shall satisfy thy soul in drought: and thou shalt be like a watered garde...
_Jesus proclaims His ability to quench human thirst with living water_....
A SPRING OF LIFE-GIVING WATER John 7:32-39 “The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God.” The truth of that saying clearly appears in the earlier part of this section. When the Lord...
So far, John has recorded incidents in the first year of our Lord's ministry. We now come to a comparatively brief section in which he records happenings happenings in the central and crowded two year...
He that believeth on me, as the (k) scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (k) The scripture being referred to is not found anywhere word for word, but rather Christ...
_Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. By this living water, are signified the gifts of the Holy Ghost, which were promised to the faithful. (Witham)_...
RIVERS OF LIVING WATER FLOWING OUT OF THE HEART John 7:37-39. “And on the last great day of the festival, Jesus stood, and continued to cry out, saying, If any one may thirst, let him come and drink....
THIRD SECTION: 7:1-8:59. THE STRIFE AT ITS HIGHEST STAGE OF INTENSITY AT JERUSALEM. Seven months had elapsed without any appearance of Jesus at Jerusalem. The exasperation of the rulers, whose murdero...
“ _On the last and great day of the feast, Jesus stood, and, speaking with a loud voice_, _said: If any thirsts, let him come to me and drink;_ 38. _he that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said...
1. THE TRUE SOURCE: 7:37-52. John reports the discourse of Jesus and gives the explanation of it (John 7:37-39); he describes the different impressions of the multitude (John 7:40-44); he gives an acc...
III. ON AND AFTER THE GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST: 7:37-8:59. The last and great day of the feast has arrived; Jesus lays aside the apologetic form which until now He has given to His teachings. His word a...
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying. If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. (38) He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his be...
The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
38._He who believeth in me. _He now points out the manner of coming, which is, that we must approach, not with the feet, but by faith; or rather, _to come _is nothing else than _to believe_, at least,...
In chapter 7 His brethren after the flesh, still sunk in unbelief, would have Him shew Himself to the world, if He did these great things; but the time for this was not yet come. At the fulfilment of...
HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME,.... Which explains what is meant by coming to Christ, and drinking; for these acts are no other than for a man to go out of himself to Christ, and live by faith on him, and hi...
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. Ver. 38. _See Trapp on "_ Joh 7:37 _"_...
John 7:38-39 John 7:38, 39, "Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. But this spake he of the Spirit." The Spirit of God in the saints is called living water upon three accounts. 1. And...
_He that believeth on me_ With a living faith, and with _his heart unto righteousness; as the Scripture hath said_ As God in the Scriptures hath promised and attested in many places; _out of his belly...
RIVERS OF LIVING WATER; a living fountain shall be opened within him, whence shall flow streams refreshing his own soul and the souls of others. Compare chap John 4:14. No man is at liberty to interpr...
HIS BROTHERS UNBELIEVING (vs.1-9) The Lord continued for a time in Galilee. He would not then return to Judea because of the Jews' murderous intentions. This was certainly not fear, but sober, lowly...
37-39 On the last day of the feast of tabernacles, the Jews drew water and poured it out before the Lord. It is supposed that Christ alluded to this. If any man desires to be truly and for ever happy...
We have had frequent occasion to open the term of believing on Christ. It may be doubted, whether those words, AS THE SCRIPTURE HATH SAID, be to be referred to the first or latter part of the text. If...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans but there is within me a water that liveth and speaketh,[50] Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments and diffused Himself as a river,[376] A Treatise on Re...
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THE RIVERS OF LIVING WATER (JOHN 7:37). Meanwhile the Feast of Tabernacles was drawing to a close with its emphasis on harvest and the prayers for rain for the coming year. The people were totally dep...
“If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. He who believes on me, as the Scripture has said, out of his inner being will flow rivers of living water.” At such a time, reference to flowing water...
John 7:38. HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME, AS THE SCRIPTURE SAID, OUT OF HIS BELLY SHALL FLOW RIVERS OF LIVING WATER. The words of John 7:37 remind us of the people who drank of the spiritual rock that follo...
In this section Jesus appears at the feast to which He went up when His Father's, and therefore His own, hour was come. The opportunity afforded by it of teaching is embraced, and we are presented wit...
HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME (ο πιστευων εις εμε). Nominative absolute as is not uncommon.THE SCRIPTURE (η γραφη). No precise passage can be quoted, though similar idea in several (Isaiah 55:1; Isaiah...
John 7:14. _Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught._ He was no coward, so he boldly showed himself in the midst of the throng in the temple. John 7:15. _And the J...
John 7:30. _Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracle...
CONTENTS: Jesus urged to go to the feast. His final departure from Galilee. Jesus at the feast of tabernacles. Prophecy concerning the Holy Spirit. CHARACTERS: God. Jesus, Holy Spirit, disciples, bro...
John 7:1. _He would not walk in Jewry,_ or Judea, _because the jews sought to kill him._ Herod had recently beheaded John, pleading the magnitude of his auditories; now, the jews magnified the same pl...
WHOEVER BELIEVES IN ME. "Come," "believes," all point _to faith_ as the _means_ which brings us to Christ. See note on Acts 2:38. [The exact wording of this quotation is not found, but gives the "spir...
_On the last day, that great day of the feast_ JESUS THE CHRIST I. PROFFERING BLESSINGS. 1. Water for the thirsty (John 7:37; Exodus 17:6; Numbers 20:11;...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 7:38 There is no specific SCRIPTURE passage from the OT that matches Jesus’ words here. He summarizes several passages that picture God’s work in believers as a river of water flowin...
CHAPTER 7 _But after this Jesus walked in Galilee_, &c. Not immediately, but about six months after. The incidents of the former chapter took place in March, the feast of tabernacles was in September....
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 7:14. NOW ABOUT THE MIDST, ETC.—The middle of the feast, or “the lesser feast.” It was the fourth day of the feast most likely. TAUGHT.—For the first time (of whi...
EXPOSITION Ch. 7-10. contain the record of the conflict between faith and unbelief in the metropolis. At first the narrative indicates a vast amount of critical inquiry, of unsettled opinion, of angry...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to the seventh chapter of the gospel according to John. After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him...
Deuteronomy 18:15; Ephesians 5:9; Ezekiel 47:1; Galatians 5:22;...
The scripture hath said. There is no exactly corresponding passage, but the quotation harmonizes with the general tenor of several passages, as Isaiah 55:1; Isaiah 58:11; Zechariah 13:1;...
THE LIVING WATER John 7:28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Did the rulers know that Jesus was the Christ? They should have known it. They saw the works which He did, and His works showed that He was the Chris...
He that believeth — This answers to let him come to me. And whosoever doth come to him by faith, his inmost soul shall be filled with living water, with abundance of peace, joy, and love, which shall...
Here again Christ alludes to. Jewish custom; the Jews were wont at fountains to build great vessels of stone, and in the midst or belly of them to have pipes, through which the water passes. "Now, say...