John 7:40-42

Good News Translation

Division among the People

⁴⁰ Some of the people in the crowd heard him say this and said, “This man is really the Prophet!”^[a]

⁴¹ Others said, “He is the Messiah!”

But others said, “The Messiah will not come from Galilee! ^42 (A)The scripture says that the Messiah will be a descendant of King David and will be born in Bethlehem, the town where David lived.”