Different Opinions About Jesus

40 Then, when they[a] heard these words, some from the crowd began to say,[b] “This man is truly the Prophet!”

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:40 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
  2. John 7:40 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to say”)

40 On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.”(A)

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Division and Unbelief

40 When the crowds heard him say this, some of them declared, “Surely this man is the Prophet we’ve been expecting.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 7:40 See Deut 18:15, 18; Mal 4:5-6.