John 7:52

Bible in Basic English (1941)

This was their answer: And do you come from Galilee? Make search and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.

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  • John 7:41 : 41 Others said, This is the Christ. But others said, Not so; will the Christ come from Galilee?
  • John 1:46 : 46 Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see.
  • John 9:34 : 34 Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue.
  • Gen 19:9 : 9 And they said, Give way there. This one man, they said, came here from a strange country, and will he now be our judge? now we will do worse to you than to them; and pushing violently against Lot, they came near to get the door broken in.
  • Exod 2:14 : 14 And he said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? are you going to put me to death as you did the Egyptian? And Moses was in fear, and said, It is clear that the thing has come to light.
  • 1 Kgs 22:24 : 24 Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of the face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you?
  • Prov 9:7-8 : 7 He who gives teaching to a man of pride gets shame for himself; he who says sharp words to a sinner gets a bad name. 8 Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him.
  • Isa 9:1-2 : 1 In earlier times he made the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali of small value, but after that he gave it glory, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the nations. 2 The people who went in the dark have seen a great light, and for those who were living in the land of the deepest night, the light is shining.
  • Matt 4:15-16 : 15 The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, 16 The people who were in the dark saw a great light, and to those in the land of the shade of death did the dawn come up.

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    40When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet.

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  • John 1:45-47
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    45Philip came across Nathanael and said to him, We have made a discovery! It is he of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets were writing, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

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    47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.

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    5And they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it is said in the writings of the prophet,

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  • John 7:25-27
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    34You will be looking for me, and you will not see me: and where I am you may not come.

    35So the Jews said among themselves, To what place is he going where we will not see him? will he go to the Jews living among the Greeks and become the teacher of the Greeks?

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    57And they were bitter against him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour but in his country and among his family.

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    53[And every man went to his house;

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    46The servants made answer, No man ever said things like this man.

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