The crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.”
John 7:40 - New Revised Standard Version When they heard these words, some in the crowd said, “This is really the prophet.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet. Common English Bible When some in the crowd heard these words, they said, “This man is truly the prophet.” Catholic Public Domain Version 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 Of that multitude therefore, when they had heard these words of his, some said: This is the prophet indeed. |
The crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.”
And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”
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.”
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.”