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John 7:39-41
Lexham English Bible
John 7:39-41
Lexham English Bible
39 Now he said this concerning the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were about to receive. For the Spirit was not yet given,[a] because Jesus had not yet been glorified.)
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40 Then, when they[b] heard these words, some from the crowd began to say,[c] “This man is truly the Prophet!” 41 Others were saying, “This man is the Christ!” But others were saying, “No, for the Christ does not come from Galilee, does he?[d]
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- John 7:39 A few manuscripts supply the participle “given” here; while it is unlikely this represents the original reading, many English versions nevertheless supply “given” to avoid the impression that the Spirit did not exist prior to this point
- John 7:40 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
- John 7:40 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to say”)
- John 7:41 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “does he”
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