John 7:40 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴⁰ When they heard these words, some in the crowd said, “This is really the prophet.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ Listening to those words, some of the multitude said, This is certainly and beyond doubt the Prophet! [Deut. 18:15, 18; John 1:21; 6:14; Acts 3:22.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ When some in the crowd heard these words, they said, “This man is truly the prophet.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ Therefore, some from that crowd, when they had heard these words of his, were saying, "This one truly is the Prophet."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁰ Of that multitude therefore, when they had heard these words of his, some said: This is the prophet indeed.

John 7:40 Cross References

Matthew 21:11

The crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.”

John 1:21

And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”

John 4:19

The woman said to him, “Sir, I see that you are a prophet.

John 6:14

When the people saw the sign that he had done, they began to say, “This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world.”

John 7:12

And there was considerable complaining about him among the crowds. While some were saying, “He is a good man,” others were saying, “No, he is deceiving the crowd.”