John 7:40 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

And the multitudes said, This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.

John 1:21

And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

John 4:19

The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

John 6:14

When therefore the people saw the sign which he did, they said, This is of a truth the prophet that cometh into the world.

John 7:12

And there was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him: some said, He is a good man; others said, Not so, but he leadeth the multitude astray.