Section 7:40–44

People disagreed about Jesus

The people disagreed about who Jesus was. Some thought that he might be the Messiah and others said that it was impossible because he was from Galilee.

Here are some other possible section headings:

People in the crowd disagreed about who Jesus was
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People argued about Jesus

7:40a

On hearing these words: The phrase these words means “what Jesus had said.” In some languages it may be natural to make it explicit that this refers to Jesus. For example:

When the people heard Jesus’ words (New Century Version)

7:40b

This is truly the Prophet: These people believed that Jesus was the prophet that Moses said would come. This prophet would be like Moses himself. See the notes on 1:21d and 6:14b.

Here are other ways to translate this clause:

“Surely this man is the Prophet we’ve been expecting.” (New Living Translation (2004))
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This must certainly be the Prophet. (Revised English Bible)

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