John 7:38

The one with emunah in me, as the Kitvei Hakodesh said, “Out of the midst of him, rivers of MAYIM CHAYYIM + 7:38 Zech 14:8 will flow.” + 7:38 Prov 18:4; Isa 44:3; 58:11; 43:19 f, Ezek 47:1-12; Yoel 4:18; Song 4:15

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

In Context

37Now on the last day of the Chag, Hoshana Rabbah, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach cried out, saying, If anyone thirsts let him come to me and drink. + 7:37 Lv 23:36; Isa 55:1; 12:3; 49:10

39But this he said about the Ruach Hakodesh which the ones having emunah (faith) in him were about to receive, for the Ruach Hakodesh had not yet been given, because Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach had not yet received kavod. + 7:39 Yoel 3:1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 18:15Hashem Eloheicha will raise up unto thee a Navi from among thee, of thy achim, kamoni (like me); + 18:15 Moshe, Ex 32:30 unto him ye must listen;

Proverbs 10:11The peh (mouth) of a tzaddik is a Makor Chayyim, 1 but chamas covereth the peh (mouth) of the resha'im. 1

Isaiah 12:3Therefore with sasson shall ye draw mayim out of the wells of Yeshu'ah (Salvation).

Isaiah 58:11And Hashem shall guide thee tamid, 1 and satisfy thy nefesh in drought, 1 and strengthen thy atzmot; 1 and thou shalt be like a gan raveh (well-watered garden), 1 and like a motzah mayim (spring of water), 1 whose mayim fail not. 1

Ezekiel 47:1Afterward he + 47:1 the angelic being brought me again unto the Petach HaBeis; + 47:1 HaMikdash and, hinei, mayim issued out from under the threshold of the Beis + 47:1 HaMikdash eastward; for the forefront of the Beis + 47:1 HaMikdash stood toward the east, and the mayim came down from under from the right side of the Beis, + 47:1 HaMikdash at the south side of the Mizbe'ach.

John 4:10In reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to her, If you knew the matanah (gift) of Hashem and who it is saying to you, Give me a drink, + 4:10 Gn 26:19 you would have asked him and he would have given you Mayim Chayyim (Living Water). + 4:10 Isa 44:3; 55:1; Jer 2:13; 17:13; Zech 14:8

Matthew Henry on John 7:38-45

The Gospel Invitation. 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. 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) 40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the… Read the whole commentary →

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