John 7:40-42

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?"

Cross References

• 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

Footnotes

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