“If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.” The condition of the people made this appeal very forcible. They had been engaged in a continued scene of pomp and festivity, their eyes had been dazzled with light and color, and their ears regaled with the richest music; but there had been nothing to meet the wants of the spirit, nothing to satisfy the thirst of the soul for that which perishes not. Jesus invited them to come and drink of the fountain of life, of that which should be in them a well of water springing up into everlasting life. {2SP 345.4}

Om nogen tørster, han komme til mig og drikke! Den, som tror på mig, fra hans indre skal der, som skriften har sagt, rinde strømme af levende vand." (Joh 7,37.38) Folkets tilstand gjorde denne indbydelse meget betydningsfuld. De havde deltaget i vedvarende festligheder og pragt. Deres øjne var blevet blændede af de mange farvede lys, og deres øre havde glædet sig ved den herligste musik. Men der var intet, som imødekom Åndens trang eller tilfredsstillede den tørstige sjæl (346) med det vand, som ikke forgår. Jesus indbød dem til at komme og drikke af livets kilde, der skulle blive i dem som en kilde af vand, der opvælder til et evigt liv.