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John
7:37-39
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | The
Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto. |
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XXXV.1-3;
Tatian's
Diatessaron
(c. 150-160). |
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V.XVIII.2, Adversus
Haereses,
Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
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Chapter
IX, On Baptism,
Tertullian
(c. 198) |
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Chapter
XXII, Against Praxeas,
Tertullian
(c. 213) |
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VI.10, Commentary
on the Gospel of John, Philocalia [anthology of Origen prepared by St. Basil and St.
Gregory Nazianzen],
Origen.
(c.230) |
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XII.40, Commentary
on the Gospel of Matthew,
Origen. (c.247) |
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Epistle LXII
--
Cyprian of Carthage (c.
253) |
| From Augustine's Tractates on John:
Tractate XXXII
(7:37-39).
 | "Every man rejoices in pleasure, and receives pleasure by the body: but
separate the mind from it, and nothing remains in the body to rejoice; and if there is joy
of the body, it is the mind that rejoices." |
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Chapter IX, Historia Calamitatusm: The Story of My Misfortunes,
Pierre Abélard
/ Peter Abelard, c. 1140. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
| "The scripture being referred to is not found anywhere word for word, but
rather Christ seems to be referring to many different places where mention is made of the
gifts of the Holy Spirit; see Joel 2:28-29; Isa 44:3 and especially Isa
55:1-13." |
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| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
| "If any man desires to be truly and for ever happy, let him apply to
Christ, and be ruled by him." |
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| The Indwelling of the
Spirit, The Common Privilege of All Believers (John 7:37-39): sermon by
George Whitefield.
| "Nothing has rendered the cross of Christ of less effect; nothing hasbeen a
greater stumbling-block and rock of offense to weak minds, that asupposition, now current
among us, that most of what is contained in thegospel of Jesus Christ, was designed only
for our Lord's first andimmediate followers, and consequently calculated but for one or
two hundredyears." |
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| From
Wesley's Notes.
| "And whosoever doth come to him by faith, his inmost soul shall be filled
with living water, with abundance of peace, joy, and love, which shall likewise flow from
him to others." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "It was a sabbath, the last feast day of the year, and distinguished by
very remarkable ceremonies." |
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| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "Jewish writers say that water was brought every day of the feast in a
golden pitcher from the pool of Siloam and poured upon the altar." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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Exegetical Notes
by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian Resources.
| "The word for 'spirit,' in both Greek
and Hebrew (and many other languages) is the same word for "wind". Wind,
like "living water," implies movement." |
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Commentary
by Hall Harris at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "But the Jewish prayers for water
were answered in an unexpected way. The water which would flow from beneath the temple
would now flow from Jesus, the new temple (cf. 2:18ff.)." |
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| "Jesus in
Jerusalem at the Feast of Tabernacles (John 7;1-52)" by Robert Deffinbaugh at the
Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "John has consistently presented Jesus as the antitype of Old Testament
prophetic types. John would say that Jesus is the “true” reality, the
“true” culmination of the Old Testament institutions, objects, ceremonies, and
events which foreshadowed Christ." |
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| Articles & Background:
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Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Allison, Dale C., Jr.,
"The Living Water (John 4:10-14; 6:35c; 7:37-39)," St. Vladimir's
Theological Quarterly, 1986.
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| Attridge, Harold W.,
"Thematic Development and Source Elaboration in John 7:1-36," The
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1980.
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| Balfour, Glenn,
"The Jewishness of John's Use of the Scriptures in John 6:31 and
7:37-38," Tyndale Bulletin, 1995.
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| Cortés, Juan B., S.J.,
"Yet Another Look at Jn 7,37-38," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
1967.
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| Cory, Catherine,
"Wisdom's Rescue: A New Reading of the Tabernacles Discourse (John
7:1-8:59)," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1997.
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| Daise, Michael
A.,
"'If Anyone Thirsts, Let that One Come to Me and Drink': the Literary
Texture of John 7:37b-38a," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2003.
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| Derrett, J. Duncan
M., "The Buddhist Dimension of John," Numen, 2004.
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| Fredrickson, David
E., "Living as Gods on Our Skin, The Vigil of Pentecost and Pentecost
Sunday (John 7:37-39)," Word & World, 2003.
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| Hodges, Zane C.,
"Rivers of Living Water - John 7:37-39," Bibliotheca Sacra, 1979.
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| Marcus, Joel,
"Rivers of Living Water from Jesus' Belly (John 7:38)," Journal of
Biblical Literature, 1998.
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| Menken, Maarten J.J.,
"The Origin of the Old Testament Quotation in John 7:38," Novum
Testamentum, 1996.
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| Rosencrans, Emily
Duncan,
"The Source of Our Strength," Journal for Preachers, 2003.
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| Reviews: |
| Sermons:
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Their Riverbanks Are Green, John 7:37-39
Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington. |
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"Jerusalem at the End of
Modernity, Part III," the Rt. Rev. John Bayton,
Day 1, 1996. |
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"Spirit Life,"
John Jewell,
1999. |
| Father
Andrew M. Greeley, "author, priest, sociologist", commentary and
homily
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