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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John 7:40-44
Lexham English Bible
Different Opinions About Jesus
40 Then, when they[a] heard these words, some from the crowd began to say,[b] “This man is truly the Prophet!” 41 Others were saying, “This man is the Christ!” But others were saying, “No, for the Christ does not come from Galilee, does he?[c] 42 Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” 43 So there was a division in the crowd because of him. 44 And some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid hands on him.
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- John 7:40 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
- John 7:40 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to say”)
- John 7:41 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “does he”
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