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Did not the Writing say, that out of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem -- the village where David was -- the Christ doth come?'
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A division, therefore, arose among the multitude because of him.
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And certain of them were willing to seize him, but no one laid hands on him;
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the officers came, therefore, unto the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, `Wherefore did ye not bring him?'
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The officers answered, `Never so spake man -- as this man.'
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The Pharisees, therefore, answered them, `Have ye also been led astray?
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did any one out of the rulers believe in him? or out of the Pharisees?
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but this multitude, that is not knowing the law, is accursed.'
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Nicodemus saith unto them -- he who came by night unto him -- being one of them,
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`Doth our law judge the man, if it may not hear from him first, and know what he doth?'
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They answered and said to him, `Art thou also out of Galilee? search and see, that a prophet out of Galilee hath not risen;'