New American Standard Bible 2020

John 7:40-53

40Some of the people therefore, after they heard these words, were saying, “This truly is 1the Prophet.” 41Others were saying, “This is the 2Christ.” But others were saying, “3Surely the 4Christ is not coming from Galilee, is He? 42Has the Scripture not said that the Christ comes from 5the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” 43So 6a dissension occurred in the crowd because of Him. 44And 7some of them wanted to arrest Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

45The 8officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” 46The 9officers answered, “10Never has a man spoken in this way!” 47The Pharisees then replied to them, “11You have not been led astray too, have you? 48 12Not one of 13the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? 49But this crowd that does not know the Law is accursed!” 50 14Nicodemus (the one who came to Him before, being one of them) said to them, 51“15Our Law does not judge the person unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?” 52They answered and said to him, “16You are not from Galilee as well, are you? Examine the Scriptures, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.” 53[[17And everyone went to his home.

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Notes

1. John 7:40 Matt 21:11; John 1:21 ↩
2. John 7:41 I.e., Messiah ↩
3. John 7:41 John 1:46; 7:52 ↩
4. John 7:41 I.e., Messiah ↩
5. John 7:42 Ps 89:4; Mic 5:2; Matt 1:1; 2:5f; Luke 2:4ff ↩
6. John 7:43 John 9:16; 10:19 ↩
7. John 7:44 John 7:30 ↩
8. John 7:45 John 7:32 ↩
9. John 7:46 John 7:32 ↩
10. John 7:46 Matt 7:28 ↩
11. John 7:47 John 7:12 ↩
12. John 7:48 John 12:42 ↩
13. John 7:48 Luke 23:13; John 7:26 ↩
14. John 7:50 John 3:1; 19:39 ↩
15. John 7:51 Ex 23:1; Deut 17:6; 19:15; Prov 18:13; Acts 23:3 ↩
16. John 7:52 John 1:46; 7:41 ↩
17. John 7:53 Later mss add the story of the adulterous woman, numbering it as John 7:53-8:11 ↩

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