A moment in scripture
John 7:40
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Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
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The surrounding passage
- John 7:38
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
- John 7:39
(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
- John 7:41
Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
- John 7:42
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.