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Rivers of living water: Jesus and the Sukkot libation — Jn 7:37-44
Gv 7,37-44·NA28·25/84
τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ μεγάλῃ=ultimo grande giorno (Hoshana Rabbah, Sukkot)ποταμοὶ ὕδατος ζῶντος=fiumi di acqua vivaמים חיים mayim chayyim (Zc 14,8; Ez 47)τοῦ πνεύματος=lo Spiritoרוח ruachἐδοξάσθη=fu glorificato (la croce)σχίσμα=scisma (Mi 5,1)
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Orthodox Reading
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GreekἘν δὲ τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ μεγάλῃ τῆς ἑορτῆς εἱστήκει ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ ἔκραξεν λέγων· Ἐάν τις διψᾷ, ἐρχέσθω πρός με καὶ πινέτω.
Orthodox ReadingOn the last day, the great dayⓘ of the feast — when the kohen drew water from the pool of Shiloach for the solemn libationⓘ in the Templeⓘ — Jesus stood and cried out, sayingⓘ: «If anyone is thirstyⓘ, let him come to me and drink;
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Greekὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμέ, καθὼς εἶπεν ἡ γραφή, ποταμοὶ ἐκ τῆς κοιλίας αὐτοῦ ῥεύσουσιν ὕδατος ζῶντος.
Orthodox Readingwhoever believes in meⓘ, as the Scripture saidⓘ, rivers of living waterⓘ shall flow from his bosom».
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Greekτοῦτο δὲ εἶπεν περὶ τοῦ πνεύματος ὃ ἔμελλον λαμβάνειν οἱ πιστεύσαντες εἰς αὐτόν· οὔπω γὰρ ἦν πνεῦμα, ὅτι Ἰησοῦς οὐδέπω ἐδοξάσθη.
Orthodox ReadingThis he said concerning the Spiritⓘ whom those who believed in him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus had not yet been glorifiedⓘ.
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GreekἘκ τοῦ ὄχλου οὖν ἀκούσαντες τῶν λόγων τούτων ἔλεγον· Οὗτός ἐστιν ἀληθῶς ὁ προφήτης·
Orthodox ReadingFrom the crowd of am ha-aretzⓘ then, having heard these words, they were sayingⓘ: «This man is truly the prophetⓘ».
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Greekἄλλοι ἔλεγον· Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ χριστός· οἱ δὲ ἔλεγον· Μὴ γὰρ ἐκ τῆς Γαλιλαίας ὁ χριστὸς ἔρχεται;
Orthodox ReadingOthers were affirming: «He is the Messiahⓘ». But others objected: «Does the Messiah come from Galileeⓘ?
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Greekοὐχ ἡ γραφὴ εἶπεν ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος Δαυίδ, καὶ ἀπὸ Βηθλέεμ τῆς κώμης ὅπου ἦν Δαυίδ, ὁ χριστὸς ἔρχεται;
Orthodox ReadingDid not the Scripture sayⓘ that from the seed of Davidⓘ and from Bethlehemⓘ, the village where David was, the Messiah comes?»
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Greekσχίσμα οὖν ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ὄχλῳ δι' αὐτόν.
Orthodox ReadingA divisionⓘ then arose in the crowd because of him.
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Greekτινὲς δὲ ἤθελον ἐξ αὐτῶν πιάσαι αὐτόν, ἀλλ' οὐδεὶς ἐπέβαλεν ἐπ' αὐτὸν τὰς χεῖρας.
Orthodox ReadingSome of them wanted to seize himⓘ, but no one laid hands on himⓘ.