John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:38
He that believeth on me ,.... Which explains what is meant by coming to Christ, and drinking; for these acts are no other than for a man to go out of himself to Christ, and live by faith on him, and his grace. To which what follows is a great encouragement; as the Scripture hath said : some refer these words to the preceding clause concerning believing in Christ, which the writings of the Old Testament speak of, as in Deuteronomy 18:15 , and the sense is, that he that believes on... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 7:37
In the last day, that great day of the feast ,.... That is, of tabernacles, as appears from John 7:2 , which was usually called חג , "the feast", in distinction from the passover and Pentecost F17 Shirshashirim Rabba, fol. 5. 3. & 7. 3. ; and the eighth day of it was called הרגל האחרון , "the last day of the feast" F18 Misn. Bava Metzia, c. 7. sect. 6. & Maimon. in ib. , as here: and it was a "great day", being, as is said in Leviticus 23:36 , an holy... read more