38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 37-44)In these verses we have, I. Christ’s discourse, with the explication of it, John 7:37-39. It is probable that these are only short hints of what he enlarged upon, but they have in them the substance of the whole gospel; here is a gospel invitation to come to Christ , and a gospel promise of comfort and happiness in him. Now observe, 1. When he gave this invitation: On the last day of the feast of…
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