John 7:41

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Others said, This is the Christ. But some said , Shall 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

John 1:46 : 46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there 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 look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
Matt 16:14-16 : 14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist : some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 15 He saith unto them, But whom 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 first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
John 1:49 : 49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
John 4:25 : 25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
John 4:29 : 29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
John 4:42 : 42 And said unto the woman , Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
John 6:69 : 69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
John 7:31 : 31 And many of the people believed on him, and said , When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?

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