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General Information:
Some time has passed. It is now the last day of the festival and Jesus speaks to the crowd.
great day
It is "great" because it is the last, or most important, day of the festival.
If anyone is thirsty
Here the word "thirsty" is a metaphor that means one's great desire for the things of God, just as one "thirsts" for water. Alternate translation: "Those who desire the things of God like a thirty man desires water" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
let him come to me and drink
The word "drink" is a metaphor that means to receive the spiritual life that Jesus provides. Alternate translation: "let him come to me and quench his spiritual thirst" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)