John 7:39 (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.
Catechism · 6
The Sacrament of Confirmation
“On several occasions Christ promised this outpouring of the Spirit,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Lk 12:12; Jn 3:5-8; 7:37-39; 16:7-15; Acts 1:8.
Grace and Justification
“It is in us the source of the work of sanctification:” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 4:14; 7:38-39.
The Father
“The sending of the person of the Spirit after Jesus' glorification” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 7:39.
Prayer in the Christian Life
“Prayer is the response of faith to the free promise of salvation and also a response of love to the thirst of the only Son of God.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 7:37-39; 19:28; Isa 12:3; 51:1; Zech 12:10; 13:1.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“When Christ is finally glorified,” — Catechism footnote: Jn 7:39.
“He also alludes to the Spirit in speaking to Nicodemus, to the Samaritan woman, and to those who take part in the feast of Tabernacles.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 7:37-39.
Fathers and councils · 41
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…is the Head of Christ; but the Word is through all things, and is Himself the Head of the Church; while the Spirit is in us all, and He is the living water, which the Lord grants to those who rightly believe in Him, and love Him, and who know that “there is one Father, who is above all, and through all, and in us…” — editor's note: John vii. 39.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Alcuin of YorkCatena Aurea on John
“(John 7:39) But on the day of the resurrection our Lord appeared and opened their meaning to His disciples; that they might understand what was said of Him in the Law and the Prophets.” — the author cites it
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The feast being over, and the people about to return home, our Lord gives them provisions for the way: In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
The feast was then going on, which is called scenopegia, i. e. building of tents.
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Which lasted seven days. The first and last days were the most important; In the last day, that great day of the feast, says the Evangelist. Those between were given chiefly to amusements. He did not then make the…
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To make Himself audible, inspire confidence in others, and shew an absence of all fear in Himself.
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If any thirsteth: as if to say, I use no compulsion or violence: but if any have the desire strong enough, let him come.
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For there is an inner thirst, because there is an inner man: and the inner man of a certainty loves more than the outer. So then if we thirst, let us go not on our feet, but on our affections, not by change of place,…
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He is speaking of spiritual drink, as His next words shew: He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. But where does the Scripture say this? No where.…
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Or this testimony is taken from the Proverbs, where it is said, Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. (Prov. 5:16)
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The belly of the inner man, is the heart’s conscience. Let him drink from that water, and his conscience is quickened and purified; he drinks in the whole fountain, nay, becomes the very fountain itself. But what is…
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When sacred preaching floweth from the soul of the faithful, rivers of living water, as it were, run down from the bellies of believers. For what are the entrails of the belly but the inner part of the mind; i. e. a…
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He says, rivers, not river, to shew the copious and overflowing power of grace: and living water, i. e. always moving; for when the grace of the Spirit has entered into and settled in the mind, it flows freer than…
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What kind of drink it was, to which our Lord invited them, the Evangelist next explains; But this He spake of the Spirit, which they that believe on Him should receive. Whom does the Spirit mean, but the Holy Spirit?…
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He promised the Holy Spirit to the Apostles before the Ascension; He gave it to them in fiery tongues, after the Ascension. The Evangelist’s words, Which they that believe on Him should receive, refer to this.
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The Spirit of God was, i. e. was with God, before now; but was not yet given to those who believed on Jesus; for our Lord had determined not to give them the Spirit, till He was risen again: The Holy Ghost was not…
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The Apostles indeed cast out devils by the Spirit before, but only by the power which they had from Christ. For when He sent them, it is not said, He gave them the Holy Spirit, but, He gave unto them power. With…
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Yet we read of John the Baptist, He shall be filled with the Holy Ghost even from his mother’s womb. (Luke 1:15) And Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied. Mary was filled with the Holy Ghost, and…
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If the Holy Spirit then is received now, why is there no one who speaks the tongues of all nations? Because now the Church herself speaks the tongues of all nations. Whoso is not in her, neither doth he now receive…
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If this then is the cause why the Holy Spirit was not yet given; viz. because Jesus was not yet glorified; doubtless, the glorification of Jesus when it took place, was the cause immediately of its being given. The…
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Or thus; By the glory of Christ, He means the cross. For, whereas we were enemies, and gifts are not made to enemies, but to friends, it was necessary that the victim should be first offered up, and the enmity of the…
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Drink we of living water, springing up into everlasting life; but this spake the Saviour of the Spirit, which they that believe on Him should receive.” — editor's note: Ib. vii. 38, 39.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For till then “the Holy Ghost was not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified.”” — editor's note: John vii. 39.
Read the whole comment“Having then returned on high for the sake of the congregation of the people, He sent the Holy Ghost: by whom the preachers of the Gospel being filled, filled the whole world with Churches.” — editor's note: John vii. 39.
Read the whole comment“Jesus being glorified after His Resurrection, glorified after His Ascension, on the day of Pentecost came the Holy Spirit, and filled the believers, who spake with tongues, and began to preach the Gospel to the Gentiles.” — editor's note: John vii. 39.
Read the whole comment“For this He spake, as is read in the Gospel, to the Spirit, which they were to receive that believed in Him, unto whom like the rod drew near the wood of the Passion, in order that there might flow forth grace for believers.” — editor's note: John vii. 39.
Read the whole comment“He that believeth on Me, out of his bosom shall flow rivers of living water.”” — editor's note: John vii. 37–39.
Read the whole comment“He that believeth on me, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.”” — editor's note: John vii. 37–39.
Read the whole comment“Moreover, that the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are “Witnesses,” who that believes the Gospel can doubt, when the Son saith, “I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me, He beareth witness of me.”” — editor's note: John vii. 39.
Read the whole comment“And that which the evangelist says, “For the Holy Ghost was not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified;” how is this to be understood, unless because the special giving or sending of the Holy Spirit after the glorification of Christ was to be such as it had never been before?” — editor's note: John vii. 39
Read the whole comment“And the evangelist has gone on further to add, “And this He spake of the Spirit, which they should receive who believe in Him.”” — editor's note: John vii. 37–39
Read the whole comment“But after the glory, to wit, of His resurrection,—for before it happened the evangelist said that “Jesus was not yet glorified,”—He was sent unto the nations in the persons of His apostles; and thus the saying of the psalm was fulfilled, “Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of…” — editor's note: John vii. 39.
Read the whole comment“Just as also that other saying, “For the Spirit was not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified,” may suggest a similar inquiry, and find a similar solution.” — editor's note: Chap. vii. 39.
Read the whole comment“Even when He was working miracles, does not this very John say of Him, “The Spirit was not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified”?” — editor's note: Chap. vii. 39.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
““And when he says ‘the Holy Ghost was not yet because that Jesus was not yet glorified,’ he says that His flesh was not yet glorified, for the Lord of glory is not glorified, but the flesh itself receives glory of the glory of the Lord as it…” — editor's note: John vii. 39
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And that it might be more evident that the Lord is speaking there, not of the cup, but of baptism, the Scripture adds, saying, “But this spake He of the Spirit, which they that believe on Him should receive.”” — editor's note: John vii. 37–39.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“For the walls of every adverse power, yea even of Jericho especially, falling down, and the gift of the Holy Spirit being then richly poured upon all men, every man perceiving the coming of the Spirit shall say, ‘We are all filled in the morning with Thy favour, and we rejoice and are made glad in our days.’” — editor's note: Cf. Letter x. 2, note 9. Vid. also John vii. 39; Rom. v. 5; John xx. 22
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John Chrysostom
“Ver.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For “there was not yet,” it saith, “a Spirit, because that Jesus was not yet glorified.”” — editor's note: John vii. 39. [Chrysostom accepts the reading sustained by our best authorities; but the literal rendering given above does not represent his view. In Homily…
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Tertullian
“Accordingly, in the Acts of the Apostles, we find that men who had “John’s baptism” had not received the Holy Spirit, whom they knew not even by hearing.” — editor's note: Acts xix. 1–7. [John vii. 39.]
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Ambrose of Milan
“But this He said of the Spirit, Whom they were beginning to receive, who were about to believe in Him.”” — editor's note: John vii. 38, 39.
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Cross-references · 26
Cited together in Against Heresies V.18.
Cited together in Catechism §244.
Cited together in Catechism §244 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §244 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §690.
Cited together in Catechism §2561.
Cited together in Catechism §1999.
Cited together in Catechism §1999.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 63.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.18.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.18.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 63.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 63.
Cited together in Catechism §2561.
Cited together in Catechism §2561.
Cited together in Catechism §2561.
Cited together in Catechism §2561.
Cited together in Catechism §2561.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 7:37–39 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies V.18.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.18 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Alcuin of York on John 2:18–22 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Alcuin of York on John 2:18–22 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §690.
Cited together in Catechism §2561.
Cited together in Catechism §1999.