⁴⁰When they heard these words, ^jsome of the people said, “This really is ^kthe Prophet.” ⁴¹Others said, “This is ^lthe Christ.” But some said, ^m“Is the Christ to come from Galilee? ⁴²Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes ⁿfrom the offspring of David, and comes ^ofrom Bethlehem, the village ^pwhere David was?” ⁴³So there was ^qa division among the people over him.

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Cross references

jSee ver. 31
kch. 1:21; 6:14; See Matt. 21:11
lver. 26
m[ver. 52; ch. 1:46]
n[Ps. 89:3, 4]; See Matt. 1:1
o Mic. 5:2; Matt. 2:1, 5; Luke 2:4
p 1 Sam. 16:1
qch. 9:16; 10:19; [ver. 12]

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NIVNew International Version (2011)

On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.”

Others said, “He is the Messiah.”

Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee? Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?” Thus the people were divided because of Jesus.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When some from the crowd heard these words, they said, “This truly is the Prophet.” Others said, “This is the Messiah.” But some said, “Surely the Messiah doesn’t come from Galilee, does he? Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Messiah comes from David’s offspring and from the town of Bethlehem, where David lived?” So the crowd was divided because of him.

NLTNew Living Translation

When the crowds heard him say this, some of them declared, “Surely this man is the Prophet we’ve been expecting.” Others said, “He is the Messiah.” Still others said, “But he can’t be! Will the Messiah come from Galilee? For the Scriptures clearly state that the Messiah will be born of the royal line of David, in Bethlehem, the village where King David was born.” So the crowd was divided about him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then, when they heard these words, some from the crowd began to say, “This man is truly the Prophet!” Others were saying, “This man is the Christ!” But others were saying, “No, for the Christ does not come from Galilee, does he? Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” So there was a division in the crowd because of him.

KJV 1900King James Version

Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Beth-lehem, where David was? So there was a division among the people because of him.

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