John 7:26; Luke 4:22; Matthew 7:29
The officers - Those who had been appointed John 7:32 to take him. It seems that Jesus was in the midst of the people addressing them, and that...
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 ( Deuteron...
never . Greek. oudepote like . thus, as. Some texts omit this last clause, but not Syriac. See note 3, p. 1511. Compare John 4:29 .
46. Never man spoke like this man. Those officers acknowledge that they are subdued and vanquished by the word of Christ, and yet they do no...
The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. Never man spake like this man - Though these officers had gone on the errand of their masters,...
Many of the people therefore,— Our Lord appears to have been discoursing as above, when the officerssent by the council to apprehend him, John 7:3...
The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. No JFB commentary on this verse.
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 , deliver...
Never man spake like this man. — Some of the oldest MSS., including the Vatican, have a shorter text, “Never man spake thus”; but the longer read...
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...
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...
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 happen...
Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? (46) The officers answered, Never ma...
THE WORDS OF JESUS ‘Never man spake like this Man.’ John 7:46 It often happens that people appreciate a work of art, and appreciate it right...
The officers answered ,.... Very honestly and uprightly, making use of no shifts and excuses; as that they could not find him, or could not come at...
The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. Ver. 46. Never man spake like this man ] It is good to come to the world, though with ill i...
Then came the officers to the chief priests , &c. Namely, without accomplishing the purpose for which they were sent; and they The chief pries...
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 inte...
The Officers' Testimony of Christ. 45 Then came the officers to the chief priests...
With so much authority, evidence of truth, &c. Yet they did not cordially believe in Christ; being under the power of carnal and worldly affectio...
‘The officers therefore came to the Chief Priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring him?”. The officers answered, “Never d...
The Chief Priests And Pharisees Dismiss Belief In Him As Ridiculous ( John 7:45-52 ). Sitting waiting in their quarters the leading religious auth...
EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 7:41-42 . The Christ. —Hearts open to the truth were convinced and confessed Him. But some said, etc. —Thes...
John 7:46 The Epiphany of Wisdom I. On the nature of wisdom, the teaching of Holy Scripture is singularly clear and striking. It says there is a...
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 mids...
John 7:30-31 . Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. And many of the people believed on hi...
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 o...
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 ;...
EXPOSITION Ch. 7-10. contain the record of the conflict between faith and unbelief in the metropolis. At first the narrative indicates a vast am...
The report of the guard:
The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.