Living Water
John 7:39
In 9 translations
- BSB
- 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.Literally the Spirit was not yet; BYZ and TR the Holy Spirit was not yet
- KJV
- (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.)
- WEB
- But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.
- ASV
- But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet given; because Jesus was not yet glorified.
- LSV
- and this He said of the Spirit, which those believing in Him were about to receive; for not yet was the Holy Spirit, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
- YLT
- and this he said of the Spirit, which those believing in him were about to receive; for not yet was the Holy Spirit, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
- DBY
- But this he said concerning the Spirit, which they that believed on him were about to receive; for [the] Spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
- DRC
- Now this he said of the Spirit which they should receive, who believed in him: for as yet the Spirit was not given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
- GNV
- (This spake hee of the Spirite which they that beleeued in him, should receiue: for the holy Ghost was not yet giuen, because that Iesus was not yet glorified.)
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House read ὃ (“which”); SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read οὗ (“of which”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read πιστεύσαντες (“having believed”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read πιστεύοντες (“believing”).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἅγιον (“Holy”); NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Greek text behind the NIV, Greek reading followed by the King James Version, Codex Vaticanus (03) include δεδομένον (“given”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read οὐδέπω (“not yet”); Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Greek reading followed by the King James Version read οὔπω (“not yet”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus include ὃ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (4)
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- SBLGNT: οὗ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read οὗ; Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὃ.
- SBLGNT: πιστεύσαντες. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πιστεύσαντες; Robinson–Pierpont read πιστεύοντες.
- SBLGNT: πνεῦμα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πνεῦμα; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add ἅγιον; the Greek text behind the NIV add δεδομένον.
- SBLGNT: οὐδέπω. Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read οὐδέπω; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read οὔπω.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- τοῦτο δὲ εἶπεν περὶ τοῦ πνεύματος οὗ ἔμελλον λαμβάνειν οἱ πιστεύσαντες εἰς αὐτόν· οὔπω γὰρ ἦν πνεῦμα, ὅτι Ἰησοῦς οὐδέπω ἐδοξάσθη.
- RP2018
- Τοῦτο δὲ εἶπεν περὶ τοῦ πνεύματος οὗ ἔμελλον λαμβάνειν οἱ πιστεύοντες εἰς αὐτόν· οὔπω γὰρ ἦν πνεῦμα ἅγιον, ὅτι Ἰησοῦς οὐδέπω ἐδοξάσθη.
- TR-Boyd
- Τοῦτο δὲ εἶπε περὶ τοῦ πνεύματος οὗ ἔμελλον λαμβάνειν οἱ πιστεύοντες εἰς αὐτόν· οὔπω γὰρ ἦν πνεῦμα ἅγιον, ὅτι ὁ Ἰησοῦς οὐδέπω ἐδοξάσθη.
- SCR1894
- τουτο δε ειπεν περι του πνευματος ου εμελλον λαμβανειν οι πιστευοντες εις αυτον ουπω γαρ ην πνευμα αγιον οτι ο ιησους ουδεπω εδοξασθη
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
WaterGlorifyFeast of Tabernacles, TheBaptism of the Holy SpiritFountains and SpringsGift of the Holy Spirit, TheTrinityEmblems of the Holy Spirit, TheRiversFeasts
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- 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.
- Joel 2:28And 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.
- John 14:16–17And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever— 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…
- Acts 2:33Exalted, 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.
- Isaiah 32:15until 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.
- John 16:7But 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.
- John 20:22When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
- John 12:16At 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.
- Isaiah 44:3For 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.
- John 13:31–32When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him. If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify the Son in Himself—and will glorify Him at once.
- Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
- Romans 8:9You, 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.
- John 12:23But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
- Acts 2:38Peter 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.
- Ephesians 1:13–14And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s…
- John 14:13And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
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