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John 7:42

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Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

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  1. John 7:40

    Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.

  2. John 7:41

    Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?

  3. John 7:43

    So there was a division among the people because of him.

  4. John 7:44

    And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.