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John 7:42-44
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42 Don’t the scriptures say that the Christ is a descendant[a] of David[b] and comes from Bethlehem,[c] the village where David lived?”[d] 43 So there was a division in the crowd[e] because of Jesus.[f] 44 Some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.[g]

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  1. John 7:42 tn Grk “is from the seed” (an idiom for human descent).
  2. John 7:42 sn An allusion to Ps 89:4.
  3. John 7:42 sn An allusion to Mic 5:2.
  4. John 7:42 tn Grk “the village where David was.”
  5. John 7:43 tn Or “among the common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities like the chief priests and Pharisees).
  6. John 7:43 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  7. John 7:44 sn Cf. John 7:30 regarding the attempt to seize Jesus.
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