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But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn't yet glorified.
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Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, "This is truly the prophet."
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Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?
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Hasn't the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"
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So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.
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Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.
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The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, "Why didn't you bring him?"
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The officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this man!"
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The Pharisees therefore answered them, "Are you also led astray?
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Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?
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But this multitude that doesn't know the law is accursed."