In the last day, that great day] Wherein they were to have a solemn assembly, and to abstain from all servile works. See Leviticus 23:36. the choice of this time imported the end of those Ceremonies was to bring man to Christ.
Jesus stood and cried] The occasion of this speech of water, might be that which some write, the Jews wont on this day with great solemnitie to draw water out of the Fountain of Siloam, at the foot of mount Sion, and to bring it to the Altar, singing out that Isaiah 12:3. By this and other traditions, they having perverted the law, which commanded a spirituall rejoycing, into superstitious clamours; Christ cried out, to recall them from earthly to heavenly waters.