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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

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