Division of People over Jesus

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

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:41 I.e. the Messiah
  2. John 7:41 I.e. the Messiah

40 On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.”(A)

41 Others said, “He is the Messiah.”

Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?(B) 42 Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants(C) and from Bethlehem,(D) the town where David lived?” 43 Thus the people were divided(E) because of Jesus. 44 Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.(F)

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