Others said, This is the Christ: but some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? — the division (krisis) deepens: some claim Jesus is the Messiah (Christos), while others object on geographical grounds—the Christ should come from Judea or (per 7:42) from Bethlehem, not Galilee. The objection reflects Jewish Messianic expectation but is ironically blind to Jesus's actual origins (Bethlehem, though born in Nazareth). The geographical argument masks the deeper refusal to acknowledge Jesus's claim.

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