The police answered, “Never has anyone spoken like this!”
The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
The attendants replied, Never has a man talked as this Man talks! [No mere man has ever spoken as He speaks!]
The officers answered, Never man so spake.
The guards answered, “No one has ever spoken the way he does.”
The attendants responded, "Never has a man spoken like this man."
The ministers answered: Never did man speak like this man.
All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They said, “Is not this Joseph's son?”
They were astounded at his teaching, because he spoke with authority.
And here he is, speaking openly, but they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Messiah?
The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering such things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent temple police to arrest him.