John 7:40

Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This certainly is the Prophet.”

And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.”

They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” And he *said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”

Therefore when the people saw the sign which He had performed, they said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

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Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.

A division occurred again among the Jews because of these words.