John 7:37

Translations

Modern

On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

Traditional

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.

Literal

Now in the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone may thirst, let him come to Me and drink.

Latin

In novissimo autem die magno festivitatis stabat Jesus, et clamabat dicens: Si quis sitit, veniat ad me et bibat.

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English

On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

Notes

John 7:37–38

Living water: See 4:10–14. A water ceremony was held each day during the Feast of Tabernacles, with prayer for God to send rain in the late autumn.
The final day, called the great day, was the feast's most important moment. On this day, they repeated the ceremony seven times. They poured water over the altar while Levites sang Isaiah 12:3 (see Zechariah 14:8; see also Mishnah Sukkah chapter 4).
If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink: Jesus fulfilled an important part of the Feast of Tabernacles. He himself is the source of living water, available to anyone who believes.

John 7:1–52

This chapter describes Jesus at the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles. Jesus used parts of the feast to reveal his true identity to his fellow Jews and to show that he had fulfilled the feast's essential meaning (see 7:37–39; 8:12).

Theme notes and profiles

Living Water

Events

Feast of Tabernacles

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John 7:37

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