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

45The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, Why have ye not brought him? 46The officers answered, Never man spoke thus, as this man [speaks]. The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also deceived? 48Has any one of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees? 49But this crowd, which does not know the law, are accursed.

John 7:47 word by word

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

• PhariseesΦαρισαῖοςPharisaios · PhariseeG5330
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• deceivedπλανάωplanaō · to lead astrayG4105

Cross-references for John 7:47

• John 7:12And there was much murmuring concerning him among the crowds. Some said, He is [a] good [man]; others said, No; but he deceives the crowd.
• John 9:27He answered them, I told you already and ye did not hear: why do ye desire to hear again? do ye also wish to become his disciples?
• 2 Kings 18:29Thus says the king: Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of the [king's] hand.
• 2 Chronicles 32:15And now, let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you in this manner, neither yet believe him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, nor out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand?
• Matthew 27:63saying, Sir, we have called to mind that that deceiver said when he was still alive, After three days I arise.
• 2 Corinthians 6:8through glory and dishonour, through evil report and good report: as deceivers, and 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

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