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40 When they heard these words, some of the people said, "This really is the Prophet."
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40 On hearing his words, some of the people said, "Surely this man is the Prophet."
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41 Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "Is the Christ to come from Galilee?
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41 Others said, "He is the Christ." Still others asked, "How can the Christ come from Galilee?
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42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"
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42 Does not the Scripture say that the Christ will come from David's family and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?"
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43 So there was a division among the people over him.
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43 Thus the people were divided because of Jesus.
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44 Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.
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44 Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.
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45 The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, "Why did you not bring him?"
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45 Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, "Why didn't you bring him in?"
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46 The officers answered, "No one ever spoke like this man!"
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46 "No one ever spoke the way this man does," the guards declared.
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47 The Pharisees answered them, "Have you also been deceived?
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47 "You mean he has deceived you also?" the Pharisees retorted.
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48 Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him?
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48 "Has any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?
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49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed."
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49 No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law--there is a curse on them."
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50 Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them,
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50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked,
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51 "Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?"
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51 "Does our law condemn anyone without first hearing him to find out what he is doing?"
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52 They replied, "Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that no prophet arises from Galilee."
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52 They replied, "Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee."
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