American Standard Version
John 7:41
41Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee?
John 7:41 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
- New International Version (NIV)Others said, “He is the Messiah.” Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "Is the Christ to come from Galilee?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee?
Context of John 7:41
39But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet given; because Jesus was not yet glorified. 40Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet. Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee? 42Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was? 43So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.
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ἄλλοι ἔλεγον· οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ χριστός· οἱ δὲ ἔλεγον· μὴ γὰρ ἐκ τῆς Γαλιλαίας ὁ χριστὸς ἔρχεται;Read the interlinear
Cross-references for John 7:41
- John 7:31But of the multitude many believed on him; and they said, When the Christ shall come, will he do more signs than those which this man hath done?
- John 1:41He findeth first his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted, Christ).
- John 4:25The woman saith unto him, I know that Messiah cometh (he that is called Christ): when he is come, he will declare unto us all things.
- John 6:69And we have believed and know that thou art the Holy One of God.
- Matthew 16:14And they said, Some say John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.
- John 7:52They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and see that out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
- John 1:46And Nathanael said unto him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
Commentaries on John 7:41
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 41Shalt Christ come out of Galilee? - As the prophets had declared that the Messiah was to come from the tribe of Judah, and from the family of David, and should be born in the city of Bethlehem, these Jews, imagining that Christ had been born in Galilee, concluded that he could not be the Messiah. Had they examined the matter a little farther, they would have found that he had his birth exactly as the prophets had foretold; but, for want of this necessary…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 40-53Verses 40-53 The malice of Christ's enemies is always against reason, and sometimes the staying of it cannot be accounted for. Never any man spake with that wisdom, and power, and grace, that convincing clearness, and that sweetness, wherewith Christ spake. Alas, that many, who are for a time restrained, and who speak highly of the word of Jesus, speedily lose their convictions, and go on in their sins! People are foolishly swayed by outward motives in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 41-42These Jews were not like the crowd who thought the Christ (the Messiah) would have a mysterious appearance (7:25–27). They believed the prophecy that God's chosen ruler would come from Bethlehem in Judea (see Micah 5:2). However, they struggled with the fact that Jesus seemed to be from Galilee, where he grew up.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 40-4340-43. Many ... when they heard this ... said, Of a truth, &c.--The only wonder is they did not all say it. "But their minds were blinded."Read the comment
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Commentaries on John 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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