44 Some of them wanted to seize Him,(A) but no one laid hands on Him.

Debate over Jesus’ Claims

45 Then the temple police(B) came to the chief priests(C) and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why haven’t you brought Him?”

46 The police answered, “No man ever spoke like this!”[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:46 Other mss read like this man

44 Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.(A)

Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders

45 Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”

46 “No one ever spoke the way this man does,”(B) the guards replied.

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