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This divided the council—the Pharisees against the Sadducees—

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But the people of the town were divided in their opinion about them. Some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

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Division and Unbelief

40 When the crowds heard him say this, some of them declared, “Surely this man is the Prophet we’ve been expecting.”[a] 41 Others said, “He is the Messiah.” Still others said, “But he can’t be! Will the Messiah come from Galilee? 42 For the Scriptures clearly state that the Messiah will be born of the royal line of David, in Bethlehem, the village where King David was born.”[b] 43 So the crowd was divided about him.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:40 See Deut 18:15, 18; Mal 4:5-6.
  2. 7:42 See Mic 5:2.

34 “Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword.

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Confuse them, Lord, and frustrate their plans,
    for I see violence and conflict in the city.

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