Interpretation of the Gospel of John
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This he said about the Spirit, whom those who believe in him had to receive:
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for the Holy Spirit was not yet upon them;
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for Jesus had not yet been glorified.
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And many of the people, when they heard these words, said, He is surely a prophet.
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Others said, "This is Christ."
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And some said, "Will Christ come from Galilee?"
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Does not the Scripture say that Christ will come from the seed of David and from Bethlehem, from the place where David was?
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And so there was a strife among the people about Him.
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Some of them wanted to seize Him;
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but no one laid hands on Him.
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So the ministers returned to the chief priests and the Pharisees, and these said to them, "Why did you not bring Him?" The ministers answered, "Never did a man speak like this man."
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And the Pharisees said unto them, Have ye also been deceived?
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Did any of the rulers or Pharisees believe in Him? But this people is ignorant of the law;
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Cursed is he.
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Nicodemus, who came to him by night, being one of them, said to them, "Does our law judge a man, unless they first hear him, and know what he will do?"
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And they said to him, Are you not also of Galilee?