John 7:47

John 7:47 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
• New International Version (NIV)“You mean he has deceived you also?” the Pharisees retorted.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Pharisees answered them, "Have you also been deceived?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the Pharisees answered them, “Are you also deceived?

Context of John 7:47

45Then the servants came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him?” 46The servants answered, “No man ever spoke like this!” Then the Pharisees responded to them, “Are you fooled too? 48Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in him? 49But this crowd, which doesn’t know the law, is accursed.”

John 7:47 word by word

ἀπεκρίθησαν οὖν αὐτοῖς οἱ Φαρισαῖοι· μὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς πεπλάνησθε;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• the Phariseesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the PhariseesΦαρισαῖοςPharisaios · PhariseeG5330
• Areπλανάωplanaō · to lead astrayG4105
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• alsoμήmē · notG3361
• ·καίkai · andG2532

Cross-references for John 7:47

• John 7:12And there was a lot of murmuring about him among the crowds. Some were saying, “He’s a good man.” Others were saying, “No, on the contrary, he’s deceiving the people.”
• John 9:27“I already told you,” he said, “and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don’t want to become his disciples too, do you?”
• 2 Kings 18:29This is what the king says: ‘Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you; he can’t rescue you from my power.
• 2 Chronicles 32:15So now, don’t let Hezekiah deceive you, and don’t let him mislead you like this. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people from my power or the power of my predecessors. How much less will your God rescue you from my power! ’”
• Matthew 27:63and said, “Sir, we remember that while this deceiver was still alive he said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
• 2 Corinthians 6:8through glory and dishonor, through slander and good report; regarded as deceivers, yet true;

Commentaries on John 7:47

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 40-53Verses 40-53 The malice of Christ's enemies is always against reason, and sometimes the staying of it cannot be accounted for. Never any man spake with that wisdom, and power, and grace, that convincing clearness, and that sweetness, wherewith Christ spake. Alas, that many, who are for a time restrained, and who speak highly of the word of Jesus, speedily lose their convictions, and go on in their sins! People are foolishly swayed by outward motives in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 45-52The story ends with Jewish leaders feeling frustrated and the people being divided over their opinion of Jesus (compare 7:25–27, 31–32). officers returned: See 7:32.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44-4944-49. would have taken him; but, &c.--(See on Joh 7:30).Read the comment

Topics related to John 7:47

• Jesus, the Christ

In the dictionaries

• Division
• Galilee
• Judge
• Thither
• Deceivableness; Deceive
• Jesus Christ
• John, Gospel of
• Law in the New Testament
• Temple

Commentaries on John 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings