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John 7:39-44 English Standard Version (ESV)

39. Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

40. When they heard these words, some of the people said, “This really is the Prophet.”

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?”

43. So there was a division among the people over him.

44. Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.