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John 7:40

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¶ Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
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  1. Matthew 21:11Rank 1 from verse 40
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    11And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.

  2. John 1:21Rank 2 from verse 40
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    21And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

  3. John 6:14Rank 3 from verse 40
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    14Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.

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John 7:40

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

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The promised Prophet whom God would raise from Israel's brethren, put his words in his mouth, and require the people to hear, proclaimed as Jesus Christ.

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truth

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1. That which is true; conformity to fact or reality. 2. Faithfulness. 3. God's revealed word.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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prophet

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A person who declares or bears a message as divinely inspired, including one who foretells, whether truly or falsely.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893

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

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7:41Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?

7:42Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

7:43So there was a division among the people because of him.

7:44And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.

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