John 7:41

7:41 Others said, “This is the Christ!”111 But still others said, “No,112 for the Christ doesn’t come from Galilee, does he?113

111	tn Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”). sn See the note on Christ in 1:20.
112	tn An initial negative reply (“No”) is suggested by the causal or explanatory γάρ (gar) which begins the clause.
113	tn Questions prefaced with μή (mē) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here the tag is “does he?”).