John 7:40

So some of the people, when they heard this, said, "This is surely the prophet."

And the crowds kept saying, "He is the prophet Jesus of Nazareth in Galilee."

So they asked him again, "What are you then? Elijah?" And he answered, "Of course, I am not." "Are you the prophet?" He answered, "No."

When the people, therefore, saw the wonder-works that He performed, they began to say, "This is surely the prophet who was 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.

These words again led to a difference of opinion among the Jews.