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.
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John 7:40-44
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.
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