John 7:41-42

7:41 Others said, “This is the Christ!” ¹  But still others said, “No, ²  for the Christ doesn’t come from Galilee, does he? ³  7:42 Don’t the scriptures say that the Christ is a descendant ⁴  of David ⁵  and comes from Bethlehem, ⁶  the village where David lived?” ⁷ 

John 7:52

7:52 They replied, ⁸  “You aren’t from Galilee too, are you? ⁹  Investigate carefully and you will see that no prophet ¹⁰  comes from Galilee!”

¹ tn Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”).

² tn An initial negative reply (“No”) is suggested by the causal or explanatory γάρ (gar) which begins the clause.

³ tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here the tag is “does he?”).

⁴ tn Grk “is from the seed” (an idiom for human descent).

⁵ sn An allusion to Ps 89:4.

⁶ sn An allusion to Mic 5:2.

⁷ tn Grk “the village where David was.”

⁸ tn Grk “They answered and said to him.”

⁹ tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here the tag is “are you?”).

¹⁰ tc At least one early and important ms (Ì^66*) places the article before “prophet” (ὁ προφήτης, Jo profhths), making this a reference to the “prophet like Moses” mentioned in Deut 18:15.