Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet.
New American Standard Bible
Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This certainly is
King James Version
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
Holman Bible
When some from the crowd heard these words, they said, “This really is the Prophet!”
International Standard Version
When they heard these words, some in the crowd were saying, "This really is the Prophet,"
A Conservative Version
Many from the multitude therefore, when they heard the saying, said, This is truly the prophet.
American Standard Version
Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet.
Amplified
Listening to these words, some of the people said, “This is certainly the Prophet!”
An Understandable Version
When they heard these words some people in the crowd said, "Truly, this man is the prophet." [See note on 1:21].
Anderson New Testament
Therefore, many of the multitude, when they had heard this word, said: This is, in truth, the prophet.
Common New Testament
When they heard these words, some of the people said, "Surely this is the prophet."
Daniel Mace New Testament
many of the people therefore, who heard this discourse, said, this man is certainly a prophet.
Darby Translation
Some out of the crowd therefore, having heard this word, said, This is truly the prophet.
Godbey New Testament
Then those hearing these words from the multitude, were saying, This is truly the prophet;
Goodspeed New Testament
So some of the people, when they heard these words, said, "This is certainly the Prophet!"
John Wesley New Testament
Many of the people therefore hearing this discourse, said, Certainly this is the prophet.
Julia Smith Translation
Then many of the crowd, having heard the word, said, This is truly a prophet.
King James 2000
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then, [when they] heard these words, [some] from the crowd began to say, "This man is truly the Prophet!"
Modern King James verseion
Then when they heard the Word, many of the people said, Truly this is the Prophet.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Many of the people, when they heard this saying said, "Of a truth, this is a Prophet."
Moffatt New Testament
On hearing this some of the people said, "This really is the Prophet";
Montgomery New Testament
Some of the crowd who had been listening to these discourses began to say, "Without a doubt this man is a Prophet."
NET Bible
When they heard these words, some of the crowd began to say, "This really is the Prophet!"
New Heart English Bible
Some of the crowd therefore, when they heard these words, said, "This is truly the Prophet."
Noyes New Testament
Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is in truth the prophet. Others said, This is the Christ.
Sawyer New Testament
Then some of the multitude hearing these words, said, This is truly the prophet;
The Emphasized Bible
Some from amongst the multitude, therefore, having hearkened unto these words, were saying - This, is, in truth, the prophet.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Many then of the multitude, when they heard this declaration, said, This man is certainly a prophet.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Some of the people, when they heard these words, said:
Webster
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, In truth this is the Prophet.
Weymouth New Testament
After listening to these discourses, some of the crowd began to say, "This is beyond doubt the Prophet."
Williams New Testament
So some of the people, when they heard this, said, "This is surely the prophet."
World English Bible
Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, "This is truly the prophet."
Worrell New Testament
Some of the multitude, therefore, having heard these words, said, "Truly This is the Prophet;"
Worsley New Testament
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this discourse, said, This is in truth a prophet.
Youngs Literal Translation
Many, therefore out of the multitude, having heard the word, said, 'This is truly the Prophet;'
Themes
Christ » Promises of » Prophet
Jesus Christ » Prophet » God will severely punish those who reject him
Jesus Christ » History of » Teaches in jerusalem at the feast of tabernacles
Interlinear
Houtos
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 7:40
Verse Info
Context Readings
Different Opinions About Jesus
39 This he said of the Spirit which would be given to those who had faith in him: the Spirit had not been given then, because the glory of Jesus was still to come. 40 When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet. 41 Others said, This is the Christ. But others said, Not so; will the Christ come from Galilee?
Cross References
Matthew 21:11
And the people said, This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.
John 1:21
And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not.
John 6:14
And when the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, Truly, this is the prophet who is to come into the world.