John 7:40-53 - Different Opinions About Jesus
40 Many then of the multitude, when they heard this declaration, said, This man is certainly a prophet. 41 Others said, He is the Messiah. But others said, No: for cometh the Messiah out of Galilee? 42 Doth not the scripture say, That the Messiah cometh of the seed of David, and from the town of Bethlehem, whence David originally was? 43 There was a division therefore among the multitude on account of him. 44 Now some of them were desirous to apprehend him; but no one laid hands upon him.
45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisee; and they said to them, Why have ye not brought him?
46 The officers answered, Never did man before speak in such a manner as this man.
47 The Pharisees then replied to them, Are ye also deluded? 48 Hath any one of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? 49 But this rabble, which knoweth not the law, is accursed.
50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (the same person who came to him by night, being one of their body,) 51 Doth our law condemn a man, without first hearing his defence, and knowing what he hath done?
52 They answered and said to him, Art thou not from Galilee too? Search and see: for a prophet, out of Galilee, never was raised up.
53 So each went to his own home.