{This is the Christ} (houtos estin ho Christos). These
went further and dared to call Jesus the Messiah and not merely
the prophet who might not be the Messiah. They said it openly.
{What} (gar). These denied that Jesus was the Messiah and gave
as their reason (gar, for) the fact that he came from Galilee.
The use of m(885c) expects a negative answer.