Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?

General references

Bible References

This is

John 7:31
But many people in the crowd believed in Him, saying, "When the Messiah does come, will he perform more [miraculous] signs than this man has done?"
John 1:41
The first thing Andrew did was to find his own brother Simon and say to him, "We have found the Messiah (which means Christ [i.e., God's specially chosen one])."
John 4:25
[Then] the woman said to Jesus, "I know that Messiah is coming ([He is] the One who is called Christ). And when He does come, He will tell us everything."
John 6:69
And we apostles have believed [in you] and know that you are God's Holy One."
Matthew 16:14
They replied, "Some say you are John the Immerser; some [the prophet] Elijah; and others [the prophet] Jeremiah, or one of the [other] prophets [come back to life]."

Shall

John 7:52
They answered him, "Are you from Galilee, too? Search [the Scriptures], and you will see that no prophet will come from Galilee." [Note: They were probably referring to "the prophet" predicted to come by Moses. Deut. 18:15]. {{Most ancient manuscripts do not contain the section from 7:53 through 8:11, or else place it elsewhere in the book.
John 1:46
Nathaniel replied to him, "Can anything worthwhile come from Nazareth?" [Note: Nazareth had a bad reputation and Jewish writings made no prediction of a prophet coming from that area. See John 7:52]. Philip answered him, "Come and see."

General references

Luke 12:52
For from now on there will be a household of five persons divided [against one another], three against two and two against three.
John 10:19
The Jews who heard these words became divided again [i.e., over their meaning].