^7:40When they heard these words, some of the crowd¹⁰⁸ began to say, “This really¹⁰⁹ is the Prophet!”¹¹⁰^7:41Others said, “This is the Christ!”¹¹¹ But still others said, “No,¹¹² for the Christ doesn’t come from Galilee, does he?¹¹³^7:42Don’t the scriptures say that the Christ is a descendant¹¹⁴ of David¹¹⁵ and comes from Bethlehem,¹¹⁶ the village where David lived?”¹¹⁷^7:43So there was a division in the crowd¹¹⁸ because of Jesus.¹¹⁹

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Footnotes

108 Or “The common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities like the chief priests and Pharisees).
109 Or “truly.”
110 The Prophet is a reference to the “prophet like Moses” of Deut 18:15, by this time an eschatological figure in popular belief.
111 Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”). See the note on Christ in .
112 An initial negative reply (“No”) is suggested by the causal or explanatory γάρ (gar) which begins the clause.
113 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?”).
114 Grk “is from the seed” (an idiom for human descent).
115 An allusion to Ps 89:4.
116 An allusion to Mic 5:2. For location see ; ; ; .
117 Grk “the village where David was.”
118 Or “among the common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities like the chief priests and Pharisees).
119 Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When they heard these words, some of the people said, “This really is the Prophet.” Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Is the Christ to come from Galilee? Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” So there was a division among the people over him.

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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