John 7: 37-39, Living Water
On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.
38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.
Jesus had offered eternal Fresh Water to the woman in Samaria. Now he makes his claim more public, telling everyone that they can come to him and never thirst again. This eternal flowing water is the Holy Spirit that will flow through those who believe in, follow Jesus.
On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.”
41 Others said, “He is the Messiah.”
Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?
42 Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?”
43 Thus the people were divided because of Jesus.
The Messiah was to be a descendant of David, presumably from the city of David, Bethlehem. Since Jesus grew up in Galilee, the people didn't see him as meeting that prophetic requirement. But both Matthew and Luke report Jesus's birth in Bethlehem and give a lineage to David.
John 7: 44, Still untouched
Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.
Despite the problems Jesus' ministry gives to the religious leaders, Jesus remains untouched.
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