⁴² They were saying, “^(A)Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother ^(B)we know? How does He now say, ‘^(C)I have come down out of heaven’?”

⁴¹ Others were saying, “This is ^[a]the Christ.” Still others were saying, “^(A)Surely ^[b]the Christ is not going to come from Galilee, is He? ⁴² Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from ^(B)the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” ⁴³ So ^(C)a division occurred in the crowd because of Him. ^44 (D)Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

⁴⁵ The ^(E)officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” ⁴⁶ The ^(F)officers answered, “^(G)Never has a man spoken the way this man speaks.” ⁴⁷ The Pharisees then answered them, “^(H)You have not also been led astray, have you? ^48 (I)No one of ^(J)the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? ⁴⁹ But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed.” ^50 (K)Nicodemus (he who came to Him before, being one of them) *said to them, ⁵¹ “^(L)Our Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?” ⁵² They answered him, “^(M)You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.” ⁵³ [^[c]Everyone went to his home.

²⁹ We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, ^(A)we do not know where He is from.”