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John 7:39

WEB

39But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.

KJV

39(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

BSB

39He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given,[+] because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

FBV

39[+] He was referring to the Spirit that those who trusted in him would later receive. The Spirit hadn't been given yet because Jesus hadn't yet been glorified.

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Extra References

Acts 2:17

17It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.


Joel 2:28

28“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.


John 14:16-17

16I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, [+] that he may be with you forever: 17the Spirit of truth, whom the world cant receive, for it doesn’t see him and doesn’t know him. You know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.


Acts 2:33

33Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which you now see and hear.


John 12:16

16His disciples didn’t understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that they had done these things to him.


Acts 2:4

4They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.


John 16:7

7Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I don’t go away, the Counselor won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.


Isaiah 32:15

15until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest.


John 12:23

23Jesus answered them, The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.


John 13:31-32

31When he had gone out, Jesus said, Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. 32If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him immediately.