John 7:40 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• John 7:40 - Albert 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 .

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• John 7:40 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (16) Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. (16) There is contention even in the Church itself about the main point of religion: neither has...

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• John 7:40 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Last Day of the Feast. The Feast of Tabernacles, the feast of the ingathering at the end of summer, lasted seven days in early times ( Deuteronomy 16:13 ). An eighth day was added later ( Levit...

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• John 7:40 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Of. truth . Greek. alethos. See note on "indeed" ( John 1:47 ).

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• John 7:40 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  40. Many of the multitude. The Evangelist now relates what fruit followed from this last sermon of our Lord Jesus Christ; namely, that some thought one thing and some another, so that a di...

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• John 7:40 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. Of a truth this is the Prophet - The great prophet, or teacher, spoken of by Moses, Deuteronomy 18:15...

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• John 7:40 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Many of the people therefore,— Our Lord appears to have been discoursing as above, when the officerssent by the council to apprehend him, John 7:32 came up: but as it was an uncommon topic, and h...

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• John 7:40 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. Many of the people [`the multitude' ek ( G1537 ) tou ( G3588 ) ochlou ( G3793...

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• John 7:40 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Feast of Tabernacles John 7:1 to John 10:21 . Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles, October, 28 a.d. After the discourse of John 6 , delivered just before Passover 28 a.d., Jesus did not go...

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• John 7:40 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying... — The reading of the best MSS. is, “Some of the people therefore, when they heard these sayings.” Of a truth this is the prophet — i....

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• John 7:40 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 16 JESUS DISCUSSED IN JERUSALEM. “And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for He would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill Him. Now the feast of the Jews, the feast...

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• John 7:40 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Blindness of Prejudice John 7:40-53 These short descriptions of the impressions made on His hearers by the discourses of Jesus indicate the double development which was resulting from His m...

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• John 7:40 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  So far, John has recorded incidents in the first year of our Lord's ministry. We now come to a comparatively brief section in which he records happenings happenings in the central and crowded two yea...

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• John 7:40 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying. If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. (38) He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his b...

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• John 7:40 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 o...

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• John 7:40 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. Ver. 40. Of a truth this is the prophet ] This was somewhat, but not enough; this was well, but no...

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• John 7:40 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Many of the people therefore Even the officers sent to apprehend Christ, (see John 7:46 ,) as welt as many others of our Lord's hearers; when they heard this saying Namely, the gracious invitati...

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• John 7:40 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  HIS BROTHERS UNBELIEVING (vs.1-9) The Lord continued for a time in Galilee. He would not then return to Judea because of the Jews' murderous intentions. This was certainly not fear, but sober, lo...

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• John 7:40 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Gospel Invitation.       37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him...

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• John 7:40 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The Prophet mentioned Deuteronomy 18:15 . Some think that the Jews expected an eminent prophet, besides Elias, to come before the Messiah; and 1 Thessalonians 1:21 would incline us to think...

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• John 7:40 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Rivers Of Living Water ( John 7:37-44 ). Meanwhile the Feast of Tabernacles was drawing to a close with its emphasis on harvest and the prayers for rain for the coming year. The people were to...

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• John 7:40 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 7:14 . Now about the midst, etc. —The middle of the feast, or “the lesser feast.” It was the fourth day of the feast most likely. Taught. —For the first time...

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• John 7:40 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 7:14 . Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. He was no coward, so he boldly showed himself in the midst of the throng in the temple. John 7:15 . And...

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• John 7:40 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 7:1 . He would not walk in Jewry, or Judea, because the jews sought to kill him. Herod had recently beheaded John, pleading the magnitude of his auditories; now, the jews magnified the same...

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• John 7:40 - The Biblical Illustrator

  On the last day, that great day of the feast Jesus the Christ I. PROFFERING BLESSINGS. 1. Water for the thirsty ( John 7:37 ; Exodus 17:6 ; Numbers 20:11 ; Psalms 78:15 ; Psalms 78:20 ,...

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• John 7:40 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Ch. 7-10. contain the record of the conflict between faith and unbelief in the metropolis. At first the narrative indicates a vast amount of critical inquiry, of unsettled opinion, of...

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• John 7:40 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

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• John 7:40 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The prophet — Whom we expect to be the forerunner of the Messiah.

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