In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink — on the final great day of Tabernacles (likely the seventh or eighth day, when water-drawing ceremonies reached their climax), Jesus stands and cries out (ekraxen, shouted). The image of thirst and drinking connects to the feast's water rituals: the daily procession to the Pool of Siloam and the pouring of water on the altar. Jesus claims to offer what the ceremonial water symbolized: satisfaction of the deepest spiritual longing. The universality ('if any man') opens this to all, not just Israel.

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