John 7:32-53
32The Pharisees heard the crowd 1whispering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent aofficers to bseize Him. 33Therefore Jesus said, “aFor a little while longer I am with you, then bI go to Him who sent Me. 34“aYou will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.” 35aThe Jews then said to one another, “bWhere does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? Is He intending to go to cthe Dispersion among dthe Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36“What is this statement that He said, ‘aYou will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’?”
37Now on athe last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “1,bIf anyone is thirsty, 2let him come to Me and drink. 38“He who believes in Me, aas the Scripture said, ‘From 1his innermost being will flow rivers of bliving water.’” 39But this He spoke aof the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were going to receive; for bthe Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet cglorified.
Division of People over Jesus
40Some of the crowd therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This truly is athe Prophet.” 41Others were saying, “This is the 1Christ.” Still others were saying, “aNo, for is the 2Christ going to come from Galilee? 42“Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from athe seed of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” 43So aa division occurred in the crowd because of Him. 44aSome of them were wanting to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.
45The aofficers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” 46The aofficers answered, “bNever has a man spoken like this!” 47The Pharisees then answered them, “aHave you also been led astray? 48“aHave any of bthe rulers or Pharisees believed in Him? 49“But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed.” 50aNicodemus (he who came to Him before), being one of them, *said to them, 51“aDoes our Law judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing?” 52They answered him, “aAre you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.” 531[Everyone went to his home.