John 7:41

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

39He said this about the Spirit. Those who believed in Jesus were going to receive the Spirit, for the Spirit had not yet been given because Jesus had not yet been glorified. 40When some from the crowd heard these words, they said, “This truly is the Prophet.” Others said, “This is the Messiah.” But some said, “Surely the Messiah doesn’t come from Galilee, does he? 42Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Messiah comes from David’s offspring and from the town of Bethlehem, where David lived?” 43So the crowd was divided because of him.

John 7:41 word by word

ἄλλοι ἔλεγον· οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ χριστός· οἱ δὲ ἔλεγον· μὴ γὰρ ἐκ τῆς Γαλιλαίας ὁ χριστὸς ἔρχεται;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Othersἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• the Christὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• Butδέde · thenG1161
• Shallμήmē · notG3361
• ·γάρgar · forG1063
• comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• out ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• GalileeΓαλιλαίαGalilaia · GalileeG1056

Cross-references for John 7:41

• John 7:31However, many from the crowd believed in him and said, “When the Messiah comes, he won’t perform more signs than this man has done, will he?”
• John 1:41He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated “the Christ”),
• John 4:25The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
• John 6:69We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”
• Matthew 16:14They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
• John 7:52“You aren’t from Galilee too, are you?” they replied. “Investigate and you will see that no prophet arises from Galilee.” [The earliest mss do not include 7:53–8:11.] [
• John 1:46“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Nathanael asked him. “Come and see,” Philip answered.

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

Topics related to John 7:41

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• Christ
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• Christ, Messiah
• Galilee, Galilean
• Division
• Judge
• Thither
• Jesus Christ
• John, Gospel of
• Law in the New Testament

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