John 7:40

After listening to these discourses, some of the crowd began to say, "This is beyond doubt the Prophet."

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

39He referred to the Spirit which those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not bestowed as yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

41Others said, "He is the Christ." But others again, "Not so, for is the Christ to come from Galilee?

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Cross References

Matthew 21:11"This is Jesus, the Prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee," replied the crowds.

John 6:14Thereupon the people, having seen the miracle He had performed, said, "This is indeed 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 →

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