Matthew Poole and continuators on John 7:37

37 In the last day, that great day of the feast , Jesus stood and cryed, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink .

Our Saviour thinketh not fit to take any notice of their guess, whither he would go, nor replyeth any thing to it. The Feast of Tabernacles was to hold seven days, Lev. 23.34. in which they were to offer up Burnt-Offerings, v. 36. The Eight day was to be kept as a Sabbath; there was in it to be an Holy Convocation, no Servile Labour was to be done. Christ on that day Discoursed again to the People, crying aloud, and publickly,

If any man be a thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. That is, if any man stand in need of any Spiritual Good, Righteousness, Strength, Comfort, &c. it is to be found in me; let him come to me, by Faith acknowledging, receiving, and embracing me, as the Mediator and Saviour of the World, and he shall have from me whatsoever Spiritual Influence of Grace he stands in need of. Those who remember what our Saviour told the Woman of Samaria, Chap. 4.10, 14. where he compared himself to Living water, will easily understand this the sense of these words: The Condition on our parts is expressed under the notion of Thirsting; which we know is the Natural Appetite, craving some liquid thing to refresh the man under his Drought; and it is expressive of an exceeding great Passion, and so made use of both in the Old Testament and the New, to signifie a Souls passionate desire of Spiritual things, Isa. 55.1. Mat. 5.6.

Marginal references: Lev. 23.36.; Chap. 6.35. Rev. 22.17.