John 7:40

World English Bible (2000)

Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, "This is truly the prophet."

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 21:11 : 11 The multitudes said, "This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee."
  • John 1:21 : 21 They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" He answered, "No."
  • John 6:14 : 14 When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, "This is truly the prophet who comes into the world."

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  • John 7:41-43
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    41 Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?

    42 Hasn't the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"

    43 So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.

  • 14 When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, "This is truly the prophet who comes into the world."

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    10 When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?"

    11 The multitudes said, "This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee."

  • 31 But of the multitude, many believed in him. They said, "When the Christ comes, he won't do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?"

  • 14 They said, "Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."

  • John 7:25-28
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    25 Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this he whom they seek to kill?

    26 Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?

    27 However we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from."

    28 Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don't know.

  • 12 There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, "He is a good man." Others said, "Not so, but he leads the multitude astray."

  • 15 But others said, "He is Elijah." Others said, "He is a prophet, or like one of the prophets."

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    41 Many came to him. They said, "John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true."

    42 Many believed in him there.

  • 28 They told him, "John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets."

  • 17 Therefore they asked the blind man again, "What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."

  • 37 This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, 'The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me.'

  • 32 If we should say, 'From men'"--they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.

  • 39 But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn't yet glorified.

  • Luke 20:6-7
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    6 But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."

    7 They answered that they didn't know where it was from.

  • 46 When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.

  • 52 They answered him, "Are you also from Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee."

  • Luke 7:26-27
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    26 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

    27 This is he of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'

  • 30 As he spoke these things, many believed in him.

  • 19 They answered, "'John the Baptizer,' but others say, 'Elijah,' and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again."

  • 60 Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?"

  • John 4:41-42
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    41 Many more believed because of his word.

    42 They said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world."

  • Luke 7:16-18
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    16 Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited his people!"

    17 This report went out concerning him in the whole of Judea, and in all the surrounding region.

    18 The disciples of John told him about all these things.

  • 46 The officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this man!"

  • 41 Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.

  • 20 Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane! Why do you listen to him?"

  • 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

  • 42 They said, "Isn't this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, 'I have come down out of heaven?'"

  • 34 Jesus answered him, "Do you say this by yourself, or did others tell you about me?"

  • 26 They came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, the same baptizes, and everyone is coming to him."

  • 20 When the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, 'Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?'"

  • 26 But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet."

  • 44 For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

  • 70 They all said, "Are you then the Son of God?" He said to them, "You say it, because I am."

  • 47 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, "What are we doing? For this man does many signs.

  • 20 The multitude answered, "You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?"

  • 19 The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.

  • 8 and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.