40On hearing his words, some of the people said, "Surely this man is the Prophet."


In Context

37 On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.

38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him."

39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.

40 On hearing his words, some of the people said, "Surely this man is the Prophet."

41 Others said, "He is the Christ."

42 Still others asked, "How can the Christ come from Galilee? Does not the Scripture say that the Christ will come from David's family and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?"

John 7:40 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:40Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:40Of that multitude therefore, when they had heard these words of his, some said: This is the prophet indeed.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:40Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:40Some out of the crowd therefore, having heard this word, said, This is truly the prophet.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:40Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:40Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, In truth this is the Prophet.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:40Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, |This is truly the prophet.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:40Many, therefore out of the multitude, having heard the word, said, 'This is truly the Prophet;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:40Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.