John 7:40-44

New International Reader's Version

⁴⁰ The people heard his words. Some of them said, “This man must be the Prophet we’ve been expecting.”

⁴¹ Others said, “He is the Messiah.”

Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee? ⁴² Doesn’t Scripture say that the Messiah will come from the family line of David? Doesn’t it say that he will come from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?” ⁴³ So the people did not agree about who Jesus was. ⁴⁴ Some wanted to arrest him. But no one laid a hand on him.