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

39But this he said concerning the Spirit, which they that believed on him were about to receive; for [the] Spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified. 40[Some] out of the crowd therefore, having heard this word, said, This is truly the prophet. Others said, This is the Christ. Others said, Does then the Christ come out of Galilee? 42Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from the village of Bethlehem, where David was? 43There was a division therefore in the crowd on account 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

• Othersἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• thenδέde · thenG1161
• comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• GalileeΓαλιλαίαGalilaia · GalileeG1056

Cross-references for John 7:41

• John 7:31But many of the crowd believed on him, and said, Will the Christ, when he comes, do more signs than those which this [man] has done?
• John 1:41He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messias (which being interpreted is Christ).
• John 4:25The woman says to him, I know that Messias is coming, who is called Christ; when he comes he will tell us all things.
• John 6:69and we have believed and known that thou art the holy one of God.
• Matthew 16:14And they said, Some, John the baptist; and others, Elias; and others again, Jeremias or one of the prophets.
• John 7:52They answered and said to him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search and look, that no prophet arises out of Galilee.
• John 1:46And Nathanael said to him, Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Philip says to 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

Topics related to John 7:41

• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• Galilee
• 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