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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. AT: "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. AT: "let him come to me and quench his spiritual thirst" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# He who believes in me, just as the scripture says
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"As the scripture says about anyone who believes in me"
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# rivers of living water will flow
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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]])
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# living water
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Possible meanings are 1) "water that gives life" or 2) "water that causes people to live." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# from his stomach
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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]]) |