39 He said this about the Spirit.(A) Those who believed in Jesus were going to receive the Spirit,(B) for the Spirit[a] had not yet been received[b][c] because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

The People Are Divided over Jesus

40 When some from the crowd heard these words, they said, “This really is the Prophet!”[d](C) 41 Others said, “This is the Messiah!” But some said, “Surely the Messiah doesn’t come from Galilee, does He?

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:39 Other mss read Holy Spirit
  2. John 7:39 Other mss read had not yet been given
  3. John 7:39 Lit the Spirit was not yet; the word received is implied from the previous clause.
  4. John 7:40 Probably the Prophet in Dt 18:15

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