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John 7:39-41
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39 Now he said this concerning the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were about to receive. For the Spirit was not yet given,[a] because Jesus had not yet been glorified.)

Different Opinions About Jesus

40 Then, when they[b] heard these words, some from the crowd began to say,[c] “This man is truly the Prophet!” 41 Others were saying, “This man is the Christ!” But others were saying, “No, for the Christ does not come from Galilee, does he?[d]

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:39 A few manuscripts supply the participle “given” here; while it is unlikely this represents the original reading, many English versions nevertheless supply “given” to avoid the impression that the Spirit did not exist prior to this point
  2. John 7:40 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
  3. John 7:40 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to say”)
  4. John 7:41 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “does he”
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