⁴² And they were saying, “^(A)Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother ^(B)we know? How does He now say, ‘^(C)I have come down out of heaven’?”

⁴¹ Others were saying, “This is the ^[a]Christ.” But others were saying, “^(A)Surely the ^[b]Christ is not coming from Galilee, is He? ⁴² Has the Scripture not said that the Christ comes from ^(B)the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” ⁴³ So ^(C)a dissension occurred in the crowd because of Him. ⁴⁴ And ^(D)some of them wanted to arrest Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

⁴⁵ The ^(E)officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” ⁴⁶ The ^(F)officers answered, “^(G)Never has a man spoken in this way!” ⁴⁷ The Pharisees then replied to them, “^(H)You have not been led astray too, have you? ^48 (I)Not one of ^(J)the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? ⁴⁹ But this crowd that does not know the Law is accursed!” ^50 (K)Nicodemus (the one who came to Him before, being one of them) *said to them, ⁵¹ “^(L)Our Law does not judge the person unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?” ⁵² They answered and said to him, “^(M)You are not from Galilee as well, are you? Examine the Scriptures, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.” ⁵³ [[^[c]And everyone went to his home.

²⁹ We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, ^(A)we do not know where He is from.”