Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible




Now it was almost time for the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles [Note: This was also called "Festival of Shelters," and was one of three principal, annual Jewish festivals and commemorated the occasion of the Israelites living in tents or shelters during their forty year wandering in the desert]. Verse ConceptsNear The Time Generallythe anniversary Feasts

Now on the last and greatest day of the Festival [of Tabernacles], Jesus stood up and spoke out, "If anyone is thirsty he should come to me for a drink. As the Scripture has recorded [Note: The following is not an exact quotation from the OT, but echoes Isa. 58:11 and Zech. 14:8], 'Streams of life-giving water will flow from the person's heart who believes in me.'" Now He said this about the Holy Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive [See Acts 2:38]. For [at that time] the Holy Spirit had not yet been given, since Jesus had not yet received splendor [in heaven].





Then He said to me, "These things have already happened. [Note: These words express the certainty of what has been predicted in this book, even though not all the events had actually taken place yet]. I am the Alpha and the Omega [See note at 1:8], the beginning and the end. I will give the person who is [spiritually] thirsty [a drink] from the spring of water of life without his having to pay for it. Verse ConceptsAppetite, Satisfaction OfSpiritual Famine, Relief OfendBeginningSpiritual HungerLonging For GodSpring Of WaterChrist, Names ForBeginning And EndGod Providing WaterMetaphorical SpringsFree Of ChargeWater, As A Symbol Of LifeBenefits Of HeavenPrivileges of saintsFinishing Strongatheismrevelation






Then He said to me, "These things have already happened. [Note: These words express the certainty of what has been predicted in this book, even though not all the events had actually taken place yet]. I am the Alpha and the Omega [See note at 1:8], the beginning and the end. I will give the person who is [spiritually] thirsty [a drink] from the spring of water of life without his having to pay for it. Verse ConceptsAppetite, Satisfaction OfSpiritual Famine, Relief OfendBeginningSpiritual HungerLonging For GodSpring Of WaterChrist, Names ForBeginning And EndGod Providing WaterMetaphorical SpringsFree Of ChargeWater, As A Symbol Of LifeBenefits Of HeavenPrivileges of saintsFinishing Strongatheismrevelation






but whoever drinks the water I give him will never get thirsty [again]. For the water I will give him will become in him [i.e., in his spirit] a spring of water, bubbling up and producing never ending life." [See John 7:38]. Verse Conceptseternal life, nature ofThe New NatureWellsHoly Spirit, Types OfThe Water Of LifeThe Holy Spirit Described As WaterNeverDrinking WaterMetaphorical SpringsPlenty Through ChristGod Giving His SpiritLiving WaterWater, As A Symbol Of LifeWells, Figurative UseEternal lifeEverlastingeternity



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They will not be hungry anymore, nor will they get thirsty anymore. The sun will not beat down on them, nor will they become scorched by the heat. Verse ConceptsFutureSpiritual Famine, Relief OfHeatSuffering, Of The InnocentThe SunHot WeatherScorchingPlenty Through Christhunger


As the Scripture has recorded [Note: The following is not an exact quotation from the OT, but echoes Isa. 58:11 and Zech. 14:8], 'Streams of life-giving water will flow from the person's heart who believes in me.'" Verse ConceptsJesus Statements About The SpiritFlowing WaterChannels Of TruthThirstUnion With Christ, Nature OfThe Water Of LifeThe Effects Of FaithScripture SaysRivers As Places Of PrayerLiving WaterWater, As A Symbol Of SalvationRiver Of LifeThe scripturesRiversMighty in its influenceRunning Water From God


Jesus answered her, "If you [only] knew the [real] gift of God, and who it is that said to you, '[Please], give me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water." Verse ConceptsGiftsIgnorance, Of ChristGifts From God, SpiritualBeverages, FigurativeAnswered PromisesSalvation, As A GiftAsking For HelpMan Providing WaterMetaphorical SpringsLife Through ChristGod Giving His SonWho He Might BeKnowing About God's Kingdomthe Gifts of God





but whoever drinks the water I give him will never get thirsty [again]. For the water I will give him will become in him [i.e., in his spirit] a spring of water, bubbling up and producing never ending life." [See John 7:38]. Verse Conceptseternal life, nature ofThe New NatureWellsHoly Spirit, Types OfThe Water Of LifeThe Holy Spirit Described As WaterNeverDrinking WaterMetaphorical SpringsPlenty Through ChristGod Giving His SpiritLiving WaterWater, As A Symbol Of LifeWells, Figurative UseEternal lifeEverlastingeternity