But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified — John's editorial comment clarifies that Jesus speaks of the Holy Spirit. The statement 'the Holy Ghost was not yet given' does not mean the Spirit did not exist but that the gift of the Spirit in its fullness (promised in the NT and experienced at Pentecost) awaited Jesus's glorification. The glorification (glorification in death and resurrection) is the condition for the Spirit's outpouring. This explains the eschatological logic: believers who drink will drink the Spirit, which comes only after the cross and resurrection.

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