Discovery BoxJohn 7:31 
Context7:31 Yet many of the crowd 1 believed in him and said, “Whenever the Christ 2 comes, he won’t perform more miraculous signs than this man did, will he?” 3
John 7:41-42
Context7:41 Others said, “This is the Christ!” 4 But still others said, “No, 5 for the Christ doesn’t come from Galilee, does he? 6 7:42 Don’t the scriptures say that the Christ is a descendant 7 of David 8 and comes from Bethlehem, 9 the village where David lived?” 10
1 tn Or “The common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities).
2 tn Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”).
sn See the note on Christ in 1:20.
3 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 it is “will he?”).
4 tn Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”).
sn See the note on Christ in 1:20.
5 tn An initial negative reply (“No”) is suggested by the causal or explanatory γάρ (gar) which begins the clause.
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 “does he?”).
7 tn Grk “is from the seed” (an idiom for human descent).
map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
10 tn Grk “the village where David was.”
