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Division of People over Jesus

40 Some of the crowd therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This truly is (A)the Prophet.” 41 Others were saying, “This is the [a]Christ.” Still others were saying, “(B)No, for is the [b]Christ going to come from Galilee? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from (C)the seed of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” 43 So (D)a division occurred in the crowd because of Him. 44 (E)Some of them were wanting to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

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  1. John 7:41 Messiah
  2. John 7:41 Messiah

40 After hearing his words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.” 41 Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Surely the Christ does not come from Galilee, does he? 42 Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ comes from David’s descendants and from the little town of Bethlehem where David lived?” 43 So the people were divided because of him. 44 Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.

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