John 7:40-43

Division of People over Jesus

40 Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, "This certainly is ¹the Prophet."

41 Others were saying, "This is the Christ." Still others were saying, "²Surely the Christ is not going to come from Galilee, is He?

42 "Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from ³the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"

43 So ⁴a division occurred in the crowd because of Him.

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Cross References 4

1. Matthew 21:11; John 1:21
2. John 1:46; John 7:52
3. Psalms 89:4; Micah 5:2; Matthew 1:1; Matthew 2:5; Luke 2:4f
4. John 9:16; John 10:19

Footnotes 2

[a]. I.e. the Messiah
[b]. I.e. the Messiah

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