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The Book of John - Chapter 7:40-52 - (ESV)

Division Among the People - {Interlinear <Greek>}

7:40 - • {οὖν<oun>} When → they → heard {ἀκούσαντες<akouō>} these {τούτων <houtos>} words, {τῶν λόγων<ho logos>} some {Ἐκ<ek>} of → the {τοῦ<ho>} people {ὄχλου <ochlos>} said, {ἔλεγον·<legō>} “This {οὗτός<houtos>} really {ἀληθῶς<alēthōs>} is {ἐστιν<eimi>} the {ὁ<ho>} Prophet.” {προφήτης.<prophētēs>}

7:41 - Others {ἄλλοι<allos>} said, {ἔλεγον·<legō>} “This {οὗτός<houtos>} is {ἐστιν <eimi>} the {ὁ<ho>} Christ.” {χριστός·<Christos>} But {δὲ<de>} some {οἱ<ho>} said, {ἔλεγον·<legō>} “Is → • {γὰρ<gar>} the {ὁ<ho>} Christ {χριστὸς<Christos>} to → come {ἔρχεται;<erchomai>} from {ἐκ<ek>} Galilee {τῆς Γαλιλαίας<ho Galilaia>} ? {μὴ<mē>}

7:42 - Has → not {οὐχ<ou>} the {ἡ<ho>} Scripture {γραφὴ<graphē>} said {εἶπεν <legō>} that {ὅτι<hoti>} the {ὁ<ho>} Christ {χριστός;<Christos>} comes {ἔρχεται <erchomai>} from {ἐκ <ek>} the {τοῦ<ho>} offspring {σπέρματος<sperma>} of → David, {Δαυεὶδ<Dauid>} and {καὶ <kai>} comes • from {ἀπὸ<apo>} Bethlehem, {Βηθλεὲμ<Bēthleem>} the {τῆς <ho>} village {κώμης<kōmē>} where {ὅπου<hopou>} David {Δαυεὶδ<Dauid>} was?” {ἦν<eimi>}

7:43 - So {οὖν<oun>} there → was {ἐγένετο<ginomai>} a → division {Σχίσμα <schisma>} among {ἐν<en>} the {τῷ<ho>} people {ὄχλῳ<ochlos>} over {δι᾽<dia>} him. {αὐτόν.<autos>}

7:44 - Some {τινὲς<tis>} • {δὲ<de>} of {ἐξ<ek>} them {αὐτῶν<autos>} wanted {ἤθελον <thelō>} to → arrest {πιάσαι<piazō>} him, {αὐτόν,<autos>} but {ἀλλ᾽<alla>} no one {οὐδεὶς<oudeis>} laid {ἐπέβαλεν<epiballō>} hands {τὰς χεῖρας.<ho cheir>} on {ἐπ᾽<epi>} him. {αὐτὸν<autos>}

7:45 - The {οἱ<ho>} officers {ὑπηρέται<hypēretēs>} then {οὖν<oun>} came {Ἦλθον <erchomai>} to {πρὸς<pros>} the {τοὺς<ho>} chief priests {ἀρχιερεῖς<archiereus>} and {καὶ<kai>} Pharisees, {Φαρισαίους,<Pharisaios>} • {καὶ<kai>} who {ἐκεῖνοι· <ekeinos>} said {εἶπον<legō>} to → them, {αὐτοῖς<autos>} “Why {διὰ τί<dia tis>} did → you → not {οὐκ <ou>} bring {ἠγάγετε<agō>} him?” {αὐτόν;<autos>}

7:46 - The {οἱ<ho>} officers {ὑπηρέται·<hypēretēs>} answered, {ἀπεκρίθησαν <apokrinomai>} “No one ever {οὐδέποτε ἄνθρωπος.<oudepote anthrōpos>} spoke {ἐλάλησεν<laleō>} like this {οὕτως<houtōs>} man!” •

7:47 - • {οὖν<oun>} The {οἱ<ho> Pharisees {Φαρισαῖοι·<Pharisaios>} answered {ἀπεκρίθησαν<apokrinomai>} them, {αὐτοῖς<autos>} “Have → you {ὑμεῖς<sy>} also {καὶ <kai>} been → deceived {πεπλάνησθε;<planaō>} ? {μὴ<mē>}

7:48 - Have → any {τις<tis>} of {ἐκ<ek>} the {τῶν<ho>} authorities {ἀρχόντων <archōn>} or {ἢ<ē>} the {τῶν<ho>} Pharisees {Φαρισαίων;<Pharisaios>} believed {ἐπίστευσεν <pisteuō>} in {εἰς<eis>} him {αὐτὸν<autos>} ? {μή<mē>} • {ἐκ <ek>}

7:49 - But {ἀλλὰ<alla>} this {οὗτος<houtos>} crowd {ὁ ὄχλος<ho ochlos>} that {ὁ <ho>} does → not {μὴ<mē>} know {γινώσκων<ginōskō>} the {τὸν<ho>} law {νόμον <nomos>} is {εἰσιν.<eimi>} accursed.” {ἐπάρατοί<eparatos>}

7:50 - Nicodemus, {Νικόδημος<Nikodēmos>} who {ὁ<ho>} had → gone {ἐλθὼν <erchomai>} to {πρὸς<pros>} him {αὐτὸν<autos>} before, {πρότερον, <proteros>} and • who • was {ὢν<eimi>} one {εἷς<heis>} of {ἐξ<ek>} them, {αὐτῶν·<autos>} said {λέγει <legō>} to {πρὸς<pros>} them, {αὐτούς,<autos>}

7:51 - “Does → our {ἡμῶν<egō>} law {ὁ νόμος<ho nomos>} judge {κρίνει<krinō>} a → man {τὸν ἄνθρωπον<ho anthrōpos>} without {ἐὰν μὴ<ean mē>} first {πρῶτον <prōtos>} giving him a hearing {ἀκούσῃ παρ᾽αὐτοῦ<akouō para autos>} and {καὶ <kai>} learning {γνῷ <ginōskō>} what {τί<tis>} he → does {ποιεῖ;<poieō>} ?” {μὴ<mē>}

7:52 - They → replied, {Ἀπεκρίθησαν<apokrinomai>} • {καὶ<kai>} • {εἶπαν<legō>} • {αὐτῷ· <autos>} “Are {εἶ;<eimi>} you {σὺ<sy>} from {ἐκ<ek>} Galilee {τῆς Γαλιλαίας <ho Galilaia>} too {καὶ<kai>} ? {μὴ<mē>} Search {ἐραύνησον<eraunaō>} and {καὶ <kai>} see {ἴδε <horaō>} that {ὅτι<hoti>no {οὐκ<ou>} prophet {προφήτης <prophētēs>} arises {ἐγείρεται. <egeirō>} from {ἐκ<ek>} Galilee.” {τῆς Γαλιλαίας<ho Galilaia>}

John 7:45–52

Nicodemus, who earlier sought out Jesus in the darkness, now seems ready to become his defender. While not actually making declarations of Christ’s true status, he at least tries to slow down the plans of Christ’s enemies. Nicodemus is not yet ready fully to declare his loyalty to Christ, but there has been movement in his heart that will mature further in its dedication (cf. 19:39–42).

Though the change may come in stages, knowing Jesus ultimately changes everything about us. To borrow some phrases from an old hymn, the gospel “charms our fears” of rejection and “breaks the power” of our addiction to people’s approval. For we have, in Christ, the approval of God himself. He is our Father who sings over us (Zeph. 3:17).

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John 7:45–52

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The Book of John - Chapter 7:40-52 - (ESV)

John 7:45–52

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