John 7:12

7:12 There was ¹  a lot of grumbling ²  about him among the crowds. ³  Some were saying, “He is a good man,” but others, “He deceives the common people.” ⁴ 

John 7:52

7:52 They replied, ⁵  “You aren’t from Galilee too, are you? ⁶  Investigate carefully and you will see that no prophet ⁷  comes from Galilee!”

[7:12]  ¹ tn Grk “And there was.”

[7:12]  ² tn Or “complaining.”

[7:12]  ³ tn Or “among the common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities mentioned in the previous verse).

[7:12]  ⁴ tn Or “the crowd.”

[7:52]  ⁵ tn Grk “They answered and said to him.”

[7:52]  ⁶ 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?”).

[7:52]  ⁷ 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.