John 7:40

Therefore of that company, when they had heard these words of him, they said, This is verily a prophet (or He is truly the Prophet).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

39But he said this thing of the (Holy) Spirit [or of the Holy Ghost], whom men that believed in him should take (or which those who believed in him would receive later); for the Spirit was not yet given, for Jesus was not yet glorified.

41Others said, This is Christ. But some said, Whether Christ cometh from Galilee? (Others said, He is the Messiah. But some said, Will the Messiah come from Galilee?)

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Cross References

Matthew 21:11But the people said, This is Jesus, the prophet, of Nazareth of Galilee.

John 6:14Therefore those men, when they had seen the sign [or the token, or (the) miracle], that he had done, said, For this is verily the prophet (or For he is truly the Prophet), that is 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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