John 7:41

Other said, "He is the Christ." But others were saying. "Surely the Christ is not to come out of Galilee, is he?

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?

In Context

40Some of the crowd who had been listening to these discourses began to say, "Without a doubt this man is a Prophet."

42"Does not the Scripture say that the Christ is coming of the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, David’s town?"

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Cross References

Matthew 16:14They replied, "Some say ‘Johnthe Baptist’;others, however, say that’He is Elijah’;others, ‘Jeremiah,’ or ‘One of the Prophets.’"

John 1:46And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."

John 4:25"I know," said the woman, "that Messiah is coming, who is called the Christ; when he has come he will tell us everything."

John 4:42"We no longer believe because of what you said. for we ourselves have heard him, and we know that this is certainly the Saviour of the world."

John 7:31But many of the crowd believed on him and began to say, "The Christ, when he comes, will he do more signs than this man has done?"

Matthew Henry on John 7:38-45

The Gospel Invitation. 37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) 40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the… Read the whole commentary →

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