John 7:40

40 When the people heard Jesus' words, some of them said, "This man really is the Prophet."

John 7:40 Meaning and Commentary

John 7:40

Many of the people therefore
Of the common people, and it may be chiefly those that came out of the country:

when they heard this saying;
or discourse of Christ, on the last and great day of the feast, relating to the large measure of grace, and the effusion of the Spirit on him, that believed:

said, of a truth this is the prophet;
spoken of in ( Deuteronomy 18:15 ) , which some understood not of the Messiah, but of some extraordinary prophet distinct from him, who should come before him, or about the same time; or they imagined he was one of the old prophets raised from the dead, whom they also expected about the times of the Messiah: or their sense might only be, that he was a prophet, which was true, though not all the truth; they had some knowledge, though but small; and they spake of him, though but as children in understanding.

John 7:40 In-Context

38 If anyone believes in me, rivers of living water will flow out from that person's heart, as the Scripture says."

39 Jesus was talking about the Holy Spirit. The Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been raised to glory. But later, those who believed in Jesus would receive the Spirit.

40 When the people heard Jesus' words, some of them said, "This man really is the Prophet."

41 Others said, "He is the Christ." Still others said, "The Christ will not come from Galilee.

42 The Scripture says that the Christ will come from David's family and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived."