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.”
43. So the crowd was divided about him.
44. Some even wanted him arrested, but no one laid a hand on him.
45. When the Temple guards returned without having arrested Jesus, the leading priests and Pharisees demanded, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”
46. “We have never heard anyone speak like this!” the guards responded.
47. “Have you been led astray, too?” the Pharisees mocked.