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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Footnotes

  1. John 7:41 I.e., Messiah
  2. John 7:41 I.e., Messiah

The People Are Divided over Jesus

40 When some from the crowd heard these words, they said, “This really is the Prophet!”[a](A) 41 Others said, “This is the Messiah!” But some said, “Surely the Messiah doesn’t come from Galilee, does He? 42 Doesn’t the Scripture(B) say that the Messiah comes from David’s(C) offspring[b] and from the town of Bethlehem,(D) where David once lived?” 43 So a division(E) occurred among the crowd because of Him. 44 Some of them wanted to seize Him,(F) but no one laid hands on Him.

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:40 Probably the Prophet in Dt 18:15
  2. John 7:42 Lit seed

16 Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because He (A)does not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such [a](B)signs?” And (C)there was dissension among them.

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  1. John 9:16 I.e., confirming miracles

16 Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God,(A) for He doesn’t keep the Sabbath!” But others were saying, “How can a sinful man(B) perform such signs?” And there was a division(C) among them.

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19 (A)Dissension occurred again among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them were saying, “He (B)has a demon and (C)is insane. Why do you listen to Him?” 21 Others were saying, “These are not the words of one who is (D)demon-possessed. (E)A demon cannot open the eyes of those who are blind, can it?”

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19 Again a division(A) took place among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them were saying, “He has a demon(B) and He’s crazy! Why do you listen to Him?” 21 Others were saying, “These aren’t the words of someone demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”(C)

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