John 7:40-53 - Different Opinions About Jesus
40 Some of the people, when they heard these words, said: 41 "This is certainly 'the Prophet'!"; others said: "This is the Christ!"; but some asked: "What! does the Christ come from Galilee? 42 Is not it said in Scripture that it is of the race of David, and from Bethlehem, the village to which David belonged, that the Christ is to come?" 43 So there was a sharp division among the people on account of Jesus. 44 Some of them wanted to arrest him, and yet no one touched him.
45 When the officers returned to the Chief Priests and Pharisees, they were asked: "Why have you not brought him?"
46 "No man ever spoke as he speaks!" they answered.
47 "What! Have you been led astray too?" the Pharisees replied. 48 "Have any of our leading men believed in him, or any of the Pharisees? 49 As for these people who do not know the Law--they are cursed!"
50 But one of their number, Nicodemus, who before this had been to see Jesus, said to them: 51 "Does our Law pass judgment on a man without first giving him a hearing, and finding out what he has been doing?"
52 "Are you also from Galilee?" they retorted. "Search, and you will find that no Prophet is to arise in Galilee!"
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