40 When they heard these words, ^jsome of the people said, “This really is ^kthe Prophet.” 41 Others said, “This is ^lthe Christ.” But some said, ^m“Is the Christ to come from Galilee? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes ⁿfrom the offspring of David, and comes ^ofrom Bethlehem, the village ^pwhere David was?” 43 So there was ^qa division among the people over him. 44 ^rSome of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.

45 ^sThe officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?” 46 The officers answered, ^t“No one ever spoke like this man!”