John 7:40
Some of the people, when they heard these words, said, “This is certainly the Prophet!”;
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
In Context
41others said, “the Christ!”; but some asked, “What! Does the Christ come from Galilee?
Cross References
Matthew 21:11“Who is this?”, to which the crowd replied – “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.”
John 6:14When the people saw the signs which Jesus gave, they said, “This is certainly the prophet who was to come into the world.”
Matthew Henry on John 7:38-45
The Gospel Invitation. 37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) 40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the… Read the whole commentary →