13, 14. He leaves her question unanswered, like that of Nicodemus, and passes on to develope the metaphor rather than explain it, contrasting the literal with the figurative sense. Comp. John 3:6; John 6:35; John 6:48-58; John 10:7-9. Note the change from πᾶς ὁ πίνων, every one that drinketh (habitually) to ὃς ἂν πίῃ, whosoever hath drunk (once for all).

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