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John 7:41–42

41 Others were saying, “This is 1the Christ.” Still others were saying, “aSurely 1the Christ is not going to come from Galilee, is He?

42 “Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from athe descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

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John 7:41–42 — The New International Version (NIV)

41 Others said, “He is the Messiah.”

Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee? 42 Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?”

John 7:41–42 — English Standard Version (ESV)

41 Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Is the Christ to come from Galilee? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

John 7:41–42 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? 42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Beth-lehem, where David was?

John 7:41–42 — New Living Translation (NLT)

41 Others said, “He is the Messiah.” Still others said, “But he can’t be! Will the Messiah come from Galilee? 42 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.”

John 7:41–42 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

41 Others said, “This is the Christ.”

But some said, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was?”

John 7:41–42 — New Century Version (NCV)

41 Others said, “He is the Christ.”

Still others said, “The Christ will not come from Galilee. 42 The Scripture says that the Christ will come from David’s family and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived.”

John 7:41–42 — American Standard Version (ASV)

41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee? 42 Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?

John 7:41–42 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

41 Others said, This is the Christ. Others said, Does then the Christ come out of Galilee? 42 Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from the village of Bethlehem, where David was?

John 7:41–42 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

41 Other people said, “This man is the Messiah.” Still other people asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee? 42 Doesn’t Scripture say that the Messiah will come from the descendants of David and from the village of Bethlehem, where David lived?”

John 7:41–42 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

41 Others said, “This is the Messiah!” But some said, “Surely the Messiah doesn’t come from Galilee, does He? 42 Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Messiah comes from David’s offspring and from the town of Bethlehem, where David once lived?”

John 7:41–42 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

41 Others said, “This is the Messiah.” But some asked, “Surely the Messiah does not come from Galilee, does he? 42 Has not the scripture said that the Messiah is descended from David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”

John 7:41–42 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

41 Others were saying, “This man is the Christ!” But others were saying, “No, for the Christ does not come from Galilee, does he? 42 Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

John 7:41–42 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

41 Others said, “He is the Christ.”

Still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee? 42 Doesn’t Scripture say that the Christ will come from David’s family? Doesn’t it say that he will come from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?”


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