John 7:40-52  New American Standard Bible

People’s Division over Jesus

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

⁴⁵ The ^(F)officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” ⁴⁶ The ^(G)officers answered, “^(H)Never has a man spoken in this way!” ⁴⁷ The Pharisees then replied to them, “^(I)You have not been led astray too, have you? ^48 (J)Not one of ^(K)the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? ⁴⁹ But this crowd that does not know the Law is accursed!” ^50 (L)Nicodemus (the one who came to Him before, being one of them) *said to them, ⁵¹ “^(M)Our Law does not judge the person unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?” ⁵² They answered and said to him, “^(N)You are not from Galilee as well, are you? Examine the Scriptures, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.”