unfoldingWord_en_tn/jhn/07/37.md

# General Information:

Some time has passed. It is now the last day of the festival and Jesus speaks to the crowd.

# great day

It is "great" because it is the last, or most important, day of the festival.

# If anyone is thirsty

Here the word "thirsty" is a metaphor that means one's great desire for the things of God, just as one "thirsts" for water. AT: "Those who desire the things of God like a thirty man desires water" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# let him come to me and drink

The word "drink" is a metaphor that means to receive the spiritual life that Jesus provides. AT: "let him come to me and quench his spiritual thirst" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# He who believes in me, just as the scripture says

"As the scripture says about anyone who believes in me"

# rivers of living water will flow

The "rivers of living water" is a metaphor that represents the life that Jesus provides for those who are spiritually "thirsty." AT: "spiritual life will flow like rivers of water" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# living water

Possible meanings are 1) "water that gives life" or 2) "water that causes people to live." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# from his stomach

Here the stomach represents the inside of a person, specifically the non-physical part of a person. AT: "from inside of him" or "from his heart" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/festival]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/cry]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wordofgod]]