Intertextuality Pair

John 7:37-38 → Nehemiah 9:15

Allusion

Later text

John 7:37-38BSB

On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: 'Streams of living water will flow from within him.'"

Earlier text

Nehemiah 9:15BSB

In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.
+ 3 more earlier texts

Earlier text

Psalms 77:16BSB

The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken.

Earlier text

Isaiah 58:11BSB

The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

Earlier text

Zechariah 14:8BSB

And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.

Significance

No single identifiable OT text (hence 7:38 unique formula "as the Scripture has said"). Clusters multiple water-provision texts. Feast of Tabernacles background (water-pouring ceremony). Fulfilled in gift of Spirit (7:39). Jesus replaces temple as source of living water.

Found via
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type
Allusion
Connection Method(s)
Promise-Fulfillment + Typology

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