Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet.
When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet.
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, In truth this is the Prophet.
Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, "This is truly the prophet."
Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet.
Of a truth this is the Prophet - The great prophet, or teacher, spoken of by Moses, Deuteronomy 18:15, which they improperly distinguished from the Messiah, John 7:41. Some no doubt knew that by the prophet, the Messiah was meant; but others seem to have thought that one of the ancient prophets should be raised from the dead, and precede the appearing of the Messiah.
The Prophet - That is, the prophet whom they expected to precede the coming of the Messiah - either Elijah or Jeremiah. See Matthew 16:14.
7:40 The prophet - Whom we expect to be the forerunner of the Messiah.