John 7:40-52
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40 When they heard these words, some of the people said, “This really is the Prophet.” 41 Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Is the Christ to come from Galilee?
These words - that living water comes from Jesus.
The prophet - not a prophet, but the prophet like Moses (ref)
Christ - the Messiah.
Galilee - the nothern area of Israel. Jerusalem people looked down on them.
This is why they said
42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
They said that he can’t be that. The messiah comes from Bethlehem.
No one bothered to ask him, where was he born?
SUBPOINT - This still happens. People make all type of assumptions about Jesus but they don’t actually know him.
43 So there was a division among the people over him. 44 Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.
division among the people - Jesus divides. (REFERENCE TO DEVINGING FAMLY) He still does, you have to decide.
No one laid hands on him - they were scared of the people.
45 The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?” 46 The officers answered, “No one ever spoke like this man!”
Officers were supposed to bring JEsus in to kill him, but didn’t. Even they knew. (MAYBE STORY OF SOMEONE WHO TRIED TO DISPROVE CHRISTIANITY)
46 The officers answered, “No one ever spoke like this man!” 47 The Pharisees answered them, “Have you also been deceived? 48 Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.”
50 Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, 51 “Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?”
