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# General Information:
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Some time has passed. It is now the last day of the festival and Jesus speaks to the crowd.
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# great day
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It is "great" because it is the last, or most important, day of the festival.
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# If anyone is thirsty
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Here the word "thirsty" is a metaphor that means one's great desire for the things of God, just as one "thirsts" for water. Alternate translation: "Those who desire the things of God like a thirty man desires water" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# let him come to me and drink
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The word "drink" is a metaphor that means to receive the spiritual life that Jesus provides. Alternate translation: "let him come to me and quench his spiritual thirst" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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