John 7:41

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἄλλοι ἔλεγον, Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Χριστός. Ἄλλοι δὲ ἔλεγον, Μὴ γὰρ ἐκ τῆς Γαλιλαίας ὁ Χριστὸς ἔρχεται;

Transliteration

Alloi elegon, This estin the Christos. Alloi de elegon, Mē gar from the Galilaias the Christos erchetai?

Grammar Details

*Alloi*: nominative, masculine, plural - others
*elegon*: imperfect, indicative, active, 3rd plural - were saying
*estin*: present, indicative, 3rd singular - is/exists
*Christos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Christ/Messiah
*de*: postpositive particle - but/and/now
*Mē*: negative particle used in questions - not
*gar*: postpositive, causal conjunction - for/because
*Galilaias*: genitive, feminine, singular - Galilee
*erchetai*: present, indicative, middle/passive, 3rd singular - comes/is coming

Word Meanings

*Alloi*: others/some others
*elegon*: were saying/kept saying (continuous action)
*Christos*: Christ/Messiah/Anointed One
*de*: but/and/now/yet
*Mē gar*: surely not/for not/can it be that
*Galilaias*: Galilee (region in northern Palestine)
*erchetai*: comes/is coming/arrives

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Referenced Verses

John 1:46 : 46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
John 7:52 : 52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and see that out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
Matt 16:14-16 : 14 And they said, Some [say] John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. 15 He saith unto them, But who say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
John 1:41 : 41 He findeth first his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted, Christ).
John 1:49 : 49 Nathanael answered {G2532} {G3004} him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art King of Israel.
John 4:25 : 25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messiah cometh (he that is called Christ): when he is come, he will declare unto us all things.
John 4:29 : 29 Come, see a man, who told me all things that [ever] I did: can {G3385} this be the Christ?
John 4:42 : 42 and they said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy speaking: for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.
John 6:69 : 69 And we have believed and know that thou art the Holy One of {G2198} God.
John 7:31 : 31 But of the multitude many believed on him; and they said, When the Christ shall come, will he do more signs than those which this man hath done?

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