John 7:39

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John 7:37–41 · Berean Standard Bible

37 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.

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, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus 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.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?

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And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—

John 14:17

the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.

John 14:26

But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.

Proverbs 1:23

If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.

Isaiah 12:3

With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,

Isaiah 32:15

until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.

Isaiah 44:3

For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.

Joel 2:28

And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

Luke 3:16

John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

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And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you. But remain in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

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And while they were gathered together, He commanded them: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift the Father promised, which you have heard Me discuss.

Acts 1:5

For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 1:6

So when they came together, they asked Him, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”

Acts 1:7

Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.

Acts 1:8

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 2:4

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

Acts 2:17

‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.

Acts 2:38

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 4:31

After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

Romans 8:9

You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.

Ephesians 1:13

And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

Ephesians 1:14

who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.

Ephesians 4:30

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

John 16:7

But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.

Psalms 68:18

You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.

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Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.

2 Corinthians 3:8

will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?

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At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.

John 13:31

When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.

John 13:32

If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify the Son in Himself—and will glorify Him at once.

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And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

John 17:5

And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.

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The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.

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Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”

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“Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”

John 1:25

asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

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When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

Deuteronomy 18:15

The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.

Deuteronomy 18:16

This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, so that we will not die!”

Deuteronomy 18:17

Then the LORD said to me, “They have spoken well.

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.

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They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

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The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

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A sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said. “God has visited His people!”

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For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.

Acts 3:23

Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’