The Christ is the Anointed of God. But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee? Has the Scripture not said that the Christ comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
So a '''division''' arose in the multitude because of him. Some of them would have arrested him, but no one '''laid hands on him'''. The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring him?”
The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man'''!'''”
:See multiple commentaries on— <br> [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/john/7-15.htm John 7:15 "'' How knows this man letters, having never learned?''"], <br> [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/matthew/10-8.htm Matthew 10:8 "'''''freely''' you have received''"], <br> [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/matthew/11-5.htm Matthew 11:5 "''the '''poor''' have the gospel preached to them''"].
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"'''no one ''laid hands on him'''''" <small>
:John 7:30 and 7:44; John 8:20 <br> Also "''laid hands on him''", "''laid hands on Jesus''" <br> Matthew 18:28; 26:50; Mark 14:46.
:An [[allusion]] to the sacrificial offering.<br>See Exodus 29:10-11,15-16,19-20; Leviticus 1:4; 3:2,8,13; 4:4,24,29,33; 8:14,18,22; 16:21.
:The translation "''arrested him''" totally obscures the Gospel allusion to the Old Testament ''[[Typology|type]]'' of the sacrifice fulfilled in the ''antitype'' of the sacrifice of Christ on the wood of the cross. "''For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us''" 1 Corinthians 5:7b. <br> Compare [http://biblehub.com/john 7:30.htm parallel versions of John 7:30]<br> In this ''Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version)'' this phrase "'''laid hands on''' [Jesus]" is emphasized in boldface type.
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