Perplexity About His Person - John 7:41-42

     While some believed, others were perplexed about Jesus being the Messiah because of His residence.

·         First, the character of the perplexity. “Shall Christ come out of Galilee? Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?” (John 7:41, 42). These folk were right in that Christ was to come from Bethlehem. They were wrong in assuming Christ came out of Galilee, for He was born in Bethlehem.

·         Second, the cause of the perplexity. Obviously the people did not investigate well the place of Christ’s birth. They could have learned, had they investigated, that Christ did indeed come from Bethlehem as the Scripture predicted. Often perplexity in the matter of faith is a result of failure to investigate and examine the facts. People today do not know Scripture well—they have not examined the Word and investigated it and so are easily led astray by doctrinal error.