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John 7:41

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

KJV

ἄλλοι ἔλεγον· οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Χριστός· ἄλλοι ἔλεγον· μὴ γὰρ ἐκ τῆς Γαλιλαίας ὁ Χριστὸς ἔρχεται;

Greek NT

Alii dicebant : Hic est Christus. Quidam autem dicebant : Numquid a Galilæa venit Christus ?

Vulgate

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

ASV

Others said: This is the Christ. But some said: Doth the Christ come out of Galilee?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Γαλιλαία
galilaia
noun · 62×
Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ἄλλος
allos
adjective · 154×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: οἱ δὲ | WH/Treg/NIV: οἱ δὲ | RP: Ἄλλοι
  • οἱ δὲSBLGNT
  • οἱ δὲWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἌλλοιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Nothing is placed in the Holy Scriptures without a reason, for they were uttered by the Holy Ghost, therefore let us enquire exactly into every point. For it is possible from one expression to find out the entire meaning (of a passage), as in the case before us. Many of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill? But, lo, he speaks boldly, and they say no…

Cross-references

  • John 1:46 — And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
  • John 1:46 — And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
  • John 1:49 — Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
  • John 7:27 — Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
  • John 7:52 — They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
  • John 7:52 — They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
  • Luke 1:26 — And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
  • Luke 2:11 — For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
  • Luke 9:20 — He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
  • Luke 23:5 — And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
  • Matt 2:22 — But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Ga
  • Matt 22:42 — Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.