John 7:40-53

40When they heard these words, some of the crowd began to say, “This really is the Prophet!”

41Others said, “This is the Christ!” But still others said, “No, for the Christ doesn’t come from Galilee, does he?

42Don’t the scriptures say that the Christ is a descendant of David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”

43So there was a division in the crowd because of Jesus.

44Some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.

45Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him back with you?”

46The officers replied, “No one ever spoke like this man!”

47Then the Pharisees answered, “You haven’t been deceived too, have you?

48None of the rulers or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they?

49But this rabble who do not know the law are accursed!”

50Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus before and who was one of the rulers, said,

51“Our law doesn’t condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?”

52They replied, “You aren’t from Galilee too, are you? Investigate carefully and you will see that no prophet comes from Galilee!” [[

53And each one departed to his own house.