John 7:40

When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet.

And the people said, This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.

And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not.

And when the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, Truly, this is the prophet who is to come into the world.

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Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.

There was a division again among the Jews because of these words.