John 7:41

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

But many of the crowd believed on him and began to say, "The Christ, when he comes, will he do more signs than this man has done?"

In the morning he found his brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (a word which means Christ, the Anointed One).

"I know," said the woman, "that Messiah is coming, who is called the Christ; when he has come he will tell us everything."

"and we have learned to believe and we know that you are the holy one of God."

They replied, "Some say 'John the Baptist'; others, however, say that 'He is Elijah'; others, 'Jeremiah,' or 'One of the Prophets.'"

In answer they said to him. "You are not from Galilee, are you? Search for yourself, and see that from Galilee arises no prophet."

And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."

"From this time there will be five in one house divided, three against two and two against three;

The Jews were again divided over these words.