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John 7:40-44 MWT 40 Therefore some of the crowd that heard these words began saying: "This is for a certainty The Prophet." 41 Others were saying: "This is the Christ." But some were saying: "The Christ is not actually coming out of Galilee, is he? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ is coming from the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem the village where David used to be?" [Ps 132:11 ; Jer 23:5 ; 1Sam 16:1,13; Micah 5:2] 43 Therefore a division over him developed among the crowd. 44 Some of them, though, were wanting to get hold of him, but no man did lay hands upon him.

John 7:40-44 CEV (40) When the crowd heard Jesus say this, some of them said, "He must be the Prophet!" (41) Others said, "He is the Messiah!" Others even said, "Can the Messiah come from Galilee? (42) The Scriptures say that the Messiah will come from the family of King David. Doesn't this mean that he will be born in David's hometown of Bethlehem?" [Ps 132:11 ; Jer 23:5 ; 1Sam 16:1,13; Micah 5:2] (43) The people started taking sides against each other because of Jesus. (44) Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him.

John 7:40-44 BBE (40) When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet. (41) Others said, This is the Christ. But others said, Not so; will the Christ come from Galilee? (42) Do not the Writings say that the Christ comes of the seed of David and from Beth-lehem, the little town where David was? [Ps 132:11 ; Jer 23:5 ; 1Sam 16:1,13; Micah 5:2] (43) So there was a division among the people because of him. (44) And some of them had a desire to take him; but no man put hands on him.

John 7:40-44 ALT (40) Therefore, many from the crowd having heard the word were saying, "This One is truly the Prophet." (41) Others were saying, "This is the Christ." Others were saying, "But the Christ is not coming out of Galilee, is He? (42) "The Scripture said the Christ is coming from the seed of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David was, did it not?" [Ps 132:11 ; Jer 23:5 ; 1Sam 16:1,13; Micah 5:2] (43) So a division arose among the crowd because of Him. (44) But some out of them were wanting to seize Him, but no one laid his hands on Him.

John 7:40-44 GNB (40) Some of the people in the crowd heard him say this and said, "This man is really the Prophet!" (41) Others said, "He is the Messiah!" But others said, "The Messiah will not come from Galilee! (42) The scripture says that the Messiah will be a descendant of King David and will be born in Bethlehem, the town where David lived." [Ps 132:11 ; Jer 23:5 ; 1Sam 16:1,13; Micah 5:2] (43) So there was a division in the crowd because of Jesus. (44) Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.

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The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible

CEV - Contemporary English Version

Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

ESV - English Standard Version

GNB - Good News Bible

GW - God's Word Bible

ISV - International Standard Version

KJV - King James Version

LitNT - Literal New Testament

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

MKJV - Modern King James Version

Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament

NWT - New World Translation

RV - Revised Version

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament

Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible

YLT - Young's Literal Translation 1889

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