John 7:37

Teaching About the Spirit

7:37 On the last day of the feast, the greatest day, ¹  Jesus stood up and shouted out, ²  “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and

John 13:16

13:16 I tell you the solemn truth, ³  the slave ⁴  is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent as a messenger ⁵  greater than the one who sent him.

[7:37]  ¹ sn There is a problem with the identification of this reference to the last day of the feast, the greatest day: It appears from Deut 16:13 that the feast went for seven days. Lev 23:36, however, makes it plain that there was an eighth day, though it was mentioned separately from the seven. It is not completely clear whether the seventh or eighth day was the climax of the feast, called here by the author the “last great day of the feast.” Since according to the Mishnah (m. Sukkah 4.1) the ceremonies with water and lights did not continue after the seventh day, it seems more probable that this is the day the author mentions.

[7:37]  ² tn Grk “Jesus stood up and cried out, saying.”

[13:16]  ³ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[13:16]  ⁴ tn See the note on the word “slaves” in 4:51.

[13:16]  ⁵ tn Or “nor is the apostle” (“apostle” means “one who is sent” in Greek).