John 7:40-44

Christian Standard Bible

The People Are Divided over Jesus

⁴⁰ When some from the crowd heard these words, they said, “This truly is the Prophet.”^{(A) 41} Others said, “This is the Messiah.” But some said, “Surely the Messiah doesn’t come from Galilee, does he? ⁴² Doesn’t the Scripture^(B) say that the Messiah comes from David’s^(C) offspring^[a] and from the town of Bethlehem,^(D) where David lived?” ⁴³ So the crowd was divided^(E) because of him. ⁴⁴ Some of them wanted to seize him,^(F) but no one laid hands on him.