In the midst of the pouring out of the water, Jesus cried with a very loud voice, so that all heard him: "If any one is thirsty," he said, "let him come to me and drink! He who believes in me, out of him shall flow rivers of living water!" Some of the people, when they heard this, said, "This must be really the Prophet who is to come!" Others said, "This is the Christ, the King of Israel!" But there were those who said, "No, this cannot be Christ the King, for this man comes from Galilee, and the Bible says that Christ is to come from the line of King David and from David's town of Bethlehem." These people knew that Jesus came to them from Galilee, but they did not know that he had been born in Bethlehem and belonged to the royal line of David. They were divided over Jesus: some thought that he was their promised king, while others wanted to seize him as a teacher of falsehood. The rulers sent out officers to make him their prisoner, but somehow no man dared to lay hands upon him. When the officers came back to the chief priests and leading men, they were asked, "Why did you not bring this man with you?" The officers answered, "No man ever spoke as this man speaks!" "What! has this man led you astray, too?" said the rulers. "Have any of the leading men, or the Pharisees, believed in him? As for this crowd who know nothing of the law, they are of no account!" Nicodemus, that one of the rulers who a year before had come by night to talk with Jesus, said to them: "Surely our law does not allow any man to be treated as guilty before hearing what he has to say and finding out what he has done!" "Are you too from Galilee, like all the followers of this man?" they answered him. "Search, and you will find that no prophet ever comes from Galilee." In the evening all the people went to their homes, and Jesus went over the Mount of Olives to his friends at Bethany. [Illustration: View of Bethany] Jesus and the Sinful Woman CHAPTER 55 AFTER THE Feast of Tents Jesus stayed near Jerusalem, making his home in Bethany, for nearly two months, until another feast came, the Feast of the Dedication of the Temple. About two hundred years before that time, the Temple had been held by enemies, who had stopped the services, had set up images in the building and had done many things to make it vile. At last the enemies were driven away; and then the Jews made the Temple clean again, destroyed the images and began once more the regular service. After this, every year they kept the day of the reopening of the Temple as "The Feast of the Dedication." At this feast the Temple was lighted up every night very brightly, and on that account the feast was also called "The Feast of Lights."