Psalms 37:3-4

37:3 Trust in the Lord and do what is right!

Settle in the land and maintain your integrity! ¹ 

37:4 Then you will take delight in the Lord, ² 

and he will answer your prayers. ³ 

John 7:37

Teaching About the Spirit

7:37 On the last day of the feast, the greatest day, ⁴  Jesus stood up and shouted out, ⁵  “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and

John 15:7

15:7 If you remain ⁶  in me and my words remain ⁷  in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you. ⁸ 

John 16:23

16:23 At that time ⁹  you will ask me nothing. I tell you the solemn truth, ¹⁰  whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. ¹¹ 

Ephesians 3:19-20

3:19 and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled up to ¹²  all the fullness of God.

3:20 Now to him who by the power that is working within us ¹³  is able to do far beyond ¹⁴  all that we ask or think,

Revelation 21:6

21:6 He also said to me, “It is done! ¹⁵  I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give water ¹⁶  free of charge ¹⁷  from the spring of the water of life.

Revelation 22:17

22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say: “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wants it take the water of life free of charge.

[37:3]  ¹ tn Heb “tend integrity.” The verb רָעָה (ra’ah, “tend, shepherd”) is probably used here in the sense of “watch over, guard.” The noun אֱמוּנָה (’emunah, “faithfulness, honesty, integrity”) is understood as the direct object of the verb, though it could be taken as an adverbial accusative, “[feed] securely,” if the audience is likened to a flock of sheep.

[37:4]  ² tn Following the imperatives of v. 3 the prefixed verbal forms with vav (ו) in v. 4 indicate result. Faith and obedience (v. 3) will bring divine blessing (v. 4).

[37:4]  ³ tn Or “and he will give you what you desire most.” Heb “and he will grant to you the requests of your heart.”

[7:37]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Grk “Jesus stood up and cried out, saying.”

[15:7]  ⁶ tn Or “reside.”

[15:7]  ⁷ tn Or “reside.”

[15:7]  ⁸ sn Once again Jesus promises the disciples ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you. This recalls 14:13-14, where the disciples were promised that if they asked anything in Jesus’ name it would be done for them. The two thoughts are really quite similar, since here it is conditioned on the disciples’ remaining in Jesus and his words remaining in them. The first phrase relates to the genuineness of their relationship with Jesus. The second phrase relates to their obedience. When both of these qualifications are met, the disciples would in fact be asking in Jesus’ name and therefore according to his will.

[16:23]  ⁹ tn Grk “And in that day.”

[16:23]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[16:23]  ¹¹ sn This statement is also found in John 15:16.

[3:19]  ¹² tn Or “with.”

[3:20]  ¹³ sn On the power that is working within us see 1:19-20.

[3:20]  ¹⁴ tn Or “infinitely beyond,” “far more abundantly than.”

[21:6]  ¹⁵ tn Or “It has happened.”

[21:6]  ¹⁶ tn The word “water” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[21:6]  ¹⁷ tn Or “as a free gift” (see L&N 57.85).