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Division among the People

40 When they heard these words, some in the crowd were saying, “This really is the Prophet,” 41 while others were saying, “This is the Messiah!”[a]

But some were saying, “The Messiah[b] doesn’t come from Galilee, does he? 42 Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Messiah[c] is from David’s family and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?” 43 So there was a division in the crowd because of him. 44 Some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid hands on him.

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:41 Or Christ
  2. John 7:41 Or Christ
  3. John 7:42 Or Christ

40 After hearing akouō these houtos words logos, some of ek the ho crowd ochlos · ho began to say legō, “ This houtos man really alēthōs is eimi the ho prophet prophētēs.” 41 Others allos were saying legō, “ This houtos man is eimi the ho Christ Christos.” But de others ho were saying legō, “ Surely the ho Christ Christos does erchomai not come erchomai from ek · ho Galilee Galilaia, does he ? 42 Has not ou the ho scripture graphē said legō that hoti the ho Christ Christos will be a ho descendant sperma of David Dauid and kai come erchomai from apo Bethlehem Bēthleem, the ho village kōmē where hopou David Dauid was eimi born?” 43 So oun there was ginomai a division schisma among en the ho people ochlos because dia of him autos. 44 Some tis · de of ek them autos wanted thelō to arrest piazō him autos, but alla no oudeis one laid epiballō a hand cheir on epi him autos. · ho

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