24 Do not judge according to outward appearance, but judge according to righteous judgment!”

Is Jesus the Christ?

25 Then some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem began to say,[a] “Is this not the one whom they are seeking to kill? 26 And behold, he is speaking openly and they are saying nothing to him! Can it be that the rulers truly know that this man is the Christ?

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:25 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to say”)

24 Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”(A)

Division Over Who Jesus Is

25 At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?(B) 26 Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities(C) really concluded that he is the Messiah?(D)

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