John:7:14-24

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* About the middle of the festival , Jesus went into the temple , and was teaching . * And the Jews said with astonishment , Whence comes this man 's learning , who was never taught ? * Jesus made answer , lont @John:7:17 " /> lont @John:7:18 " /> lont @John:7:19 " /> * The people answered , You are possessed . Who seeks to kill you . * Jesus replied , lont @John:7:22 " /> lont @John:7:23 " /> lont @John:7:24 " /> * Then some inhabitants of Jerusalem , said , Is not this he whom they seek to kill ? * Lo ! he speaks boldly , and they say nothing to him . Do the rulers , indeed , acknowledge that this is the Messiah ? * But we know whence this man is ; whereas , when the Messiah shall come , no person will know whence he is . * Jesus , who was then teaching in the temple , cried , lont @John:7:29 " /> * Then they sought to apprehend him , but none laid hands on him ; for his hour was not yet come . * Many of the people , however , believed on him , and said , When the Messiah shall come , will he do more miracles than this man does ? * When the Pharisees heard that the people muttered such things concerning him , they and the chief priests dispatched officers to seize him . * Jesus , therefore , said , lont @John:7:34 " /> * The Jews said , among themselves , Whither will he go , that we shall not find him ? Will he go to the dispersed Greeks , and teach the Greeks ? * What does he mean , by saying , * On the last , and greatest day of the festival , Jesus stood and cried , saying , lont @John:7:38 " /> * This he spoke of the Spirit , which they who believed on him were to receive ; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given , because Jesus was not yet glorified . * Many of the people having heard what was spoken , said , This is certainly the prophet . * Some said , This is the Messiah . Others , does the Messiah come from Galilee ? * Does not the scripture say , that the Messiah will be of the posterity of David , and come from Bethlehem , the village whence David was ? * Thus the people were divided concerning him ; * and some of them would have seized him , but no person laid hands upon him . * Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees , who asked them , Wherefore have you not brought him ? * The officers answered , Never man spoke like this man . * The Pharisees replied , Are you also seduced ? * Has any of the rulers , or of the Pharisees , believed on him ? * But this populace , which knows not the law , is accursed . * Nicodemus , one of themselves , (he who came to Jesus by night ,) * said to them , Does our law permit us to condemn a man , without hearing him , and knowing what he has done ? * They answered him , Are you also a Galilean ? Search , and you will find that prophets arise not out of Galilee . * Then every man went to his own house ;

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