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What did the Jews say to Jesus respecting his Messianic mission?
“Search and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet” ([John vii, 52]).
Search and look; for out of Galilee arose some of their greatest prophets, Jonah, Hosea, Nahum and Elijah. It may be urged that it is the Jews who give expression to the error; but it is plain the Evangelist accepts the statement as true.
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What notable incident occurred at Jerusalem?
John: The release by Jesus of the woman taken in adultery ([vii, 53]; [viii, 1–11]).
This is popularly regarded as one of the most admirable acts in Christ’s ministry. In the New Version the twelve verses relating it are declared by the Oxford revisers to be an interpolation.