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40 [Some] of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet.
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On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.”
41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee?
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Others said, “He is the Messiah.” Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?
42 Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?
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Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?”
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