John 7 · Verse 41

John 7:41

Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
John 7:41, King James Version

John 7:41 in other translations

BSBOthers declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?
WEBOthers said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?
ASVOthers said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee?
YLTothers said, ‘This is the Christ;' and others said, ‘Why, out of Galilee doth the Christ come?
DARBYOthers said, This is the Christ. Others said, Does then the Christ come out of Galilee?
BBEOthers said, This is the Christ. But others said, Not so; will the Christ come from Galilee?
WebsterOthers said, This is the Christ. But some said, Will Christ come out of Galilee?

What does John 7:41 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 7:40-43

40-43. Many ... when they heard this ... said, Of a truth, &c.--The only wonder is they did not all say it. "But their minds were blinded."

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Barnes' Notes
Verses 41,42. Mt 2:4, and following.

Where David was 1Sam 16:1-4.

(l) "This is the" Jn 4:42, 6:69 (m) "Shall Christ come out of Galilee?" Jn 1:46, 7:52

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 41 Shalt Christ come out of Galilee? - As the prophets had declared that the Messiah was to come from the tribe of Judah, and from the family of David, and should be born in the city of Bethlehem, these Jews, imagining that Christ had been born in Galilee, concluded that he could not be the Messiah. Had they examined the matter a little farther, they would have found that he had his birth exactly as the prophets had foretold; but, for want of this necessary examination, they continued in unbelief, and rejected the Lord that bought them. Many still lose their souls nearly in the same way. They suffer themselves to be led away by common report, and become prejudiced against the truth, refuse to give it a fair hearing, or to examine for themselves. It is on this ground that deism and irreligion have established themselves, and still maintain their posts.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 7:40-53

The malice of Christ's enemies is always against reason, and sometimes the staying of it cannot be accounted for. Never any man spake with that wisdom, and power, and grace, that convincing clearness, and that sweetness, wherewith Christ spake. Alas, that many, who are for a time restrained, and who speak highly of the word of Jesus, speedily lose their convictions, and go on in their sins! People are foolishly…

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John 7:41 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἄλλοιalloiOthersG243
ἔλεγον·elegonwere saying;G3004
οὗτόςhoutosThisG3778
ἐστινestinisG1510
ὁhotheG3588
χριστός·christosChrist;G5547
οἱhoiThoseG3588
δὲdehoweverG1161
ἔλεγον·elegonwere saying;G3004
μὴmēSurely notG3361
γὰρgarforG1063
ἐκekout ofG1537
τῆςtēs<the>G3588
ΓαλιλαίαςGalilaiasGalileeG1056
ὁhotheG3588
χριστὸςchristosChristG5547
ἔρχεται;erchetaicomes?G2064

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for John 7:41

  • 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 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 1:41

    He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

  • John 4:29

    Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?

  • Matthew 16:14-16

    And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

  • John 4:42

    And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

  • John 4:25

    The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

  • John 6:69

    And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.

  • John 7:31

    And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
This is.
31; 1:41,49; 4:25,29,42; 6:69; Mt 16:14-16
Shall.
52; 1:46

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • John 7:40

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

  • 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?

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John 7:41 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Otros decían: Este es el Cristo. Algunos empero decían: ¿De Galilea ha de venir el Cristo?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		D’autres disaient: Celui-ci est le Christ. D’autres disaient: Le Christ vient-il donc de Galilée?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Andere sagten: Dieser ist der Christus. Andere sagten: Der Christus kommt doch nicht aus Galiläa?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Alii dicebant: Hic est Christus. Quidam autem dicebant: Numquid a Galilæa venit Christus?