Johannes 7:40

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Några av folket, som hörde dessa ord, sade då: »Denne är förvisso Profeten.»

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Matthew 10:34 - that I Matthew 12:23 - Is not Matthew 16:14 - Elias Matthew 21:11 - This Matthew 21:46 - because Mark 6:15 - a prophet Mark 14:2 - lest Luke 7:16 - a great Luke 7:39 - This man Luke 9:19 - old Luke 24:19 - Concerning John 1:21 - Art thou that John 4:19 - a prophet John 6:14 - This John 6:52 - strove John 7:12 - some John 10:19 - General Acts 23:7 - there Acts 28:29 - great reasoning

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Many of the people therefore,.... Of the common people, and it may be chiefly those that came out of the country:

when they heard this saying; or discourse of Christ, on the last and great day of the feast, relating to the large measure of grace, and the effusion of the Spirit on him, that believed:

said, of a truth this is the prophet; spoken of in Deuteronomy 18:15, which some understood not of the Messiah, but of some extraordinary prophet distinct from him, who should come before him, or about the same time; or they imagined he was one of the old prophets raised from the dead, whom they also expected about the times of the Messiah: or their sense might only be, that he was a prophet, which was true, though not all the truth; they had some knowledge, though but small; and they spake of him, though but as children in understanding.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Prophet - That is, the prophet whom they expected to precede the coming of the Messiah - either Elijah or Jeremiah. See Matthew 16:14.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 40. Of a truth this is the Prophet. — The great prophet, or teacher, spoken of by Moses, Deuteronomy 18:15, which they improperly distinguished from the Messiah, John 7:41. Some no doubt knew that by the prophet, the Messiah was meant; but others seem to have thought that one of the ancient prophets should be raised from the dead, and precede the appearing of the Messiah.