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Others: 41 This is God’s Anointed, the Liberating King!

Still Others: Is it possible for the Anointed to come from Galilee? 42 Don’t the Hebrew Scriptures say that He will come from Bethlehem,[a] King David’s village, and be a descendant of King David?

43 Rumors and opinions about the true identity of Jesus divided the crowd.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:42 Micah 5:1–2

41 Others said, “He is the Messiah.”

Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?(A) 42 Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants(B) and from Bethlehem,(C) the town where David lived?” 43 Thus the people were divided(D) because of Jesus.

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