On the last day of Sukkot, Jesus tells the crowd that anyone who is thirsty can come to him. Again, some people in the crowd believe what He says. They think He might be a prophet or the Messiah. They get it. Other still have their doubts. Would the Messiah really come from Galilee? The Bible says that the Messiah will be a relative of David and be born in Bethlehem, but Jesus was born in Nazareth (or they think he was). So there's a division among the people, but no one does anything just yet.
The religious authorities get a full report of everything that happened in the temple. They are outraged; why didn't some just arrest Jesus when they had the chance? Arrest first, find probable cause later. But the people say they were in awe. They had never heard anyone say the things Jesus has said before. The religious authorities are annoyed because the temple people have now fallen under Jesus's deceitful spell. Non-believers are dropping like flies. But there is one thing they can be glad about: even if the crowd have Jesus's back, at least none of them—the educated, religious elite—believe in him. Enter Nicodemus again from something I wrote before (who, if you'll remember is one of these religious elites and is sympathetic to Jesus). He tells everyone that it's illegal for them to pass judgment on Jesus without first giving him a trial.
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