English Standard Version
John 7:48
48Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him?
John 7:48 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
- New International Version (NIV)“Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him?
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Is there a single one of us rulers or Pharisees who believes in him?
Context of John 7:48
46The officers answered, "No one ever spoke like this man!" 47The Pharisees answered them, "Have you also been deceived? Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? 49But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed." 50Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them,
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μή τις ἐκ τῶν ἀρχόντων ἐπίστευσεν εἰς αὐτὸν ἢ ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων;Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for John 7:48
- John 7:26And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ?
- John 12:42Nevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue;
- Jeremiah 5:4Then I said, "These are only the poor; they have no sense; for they do not know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God.
- Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus declared, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children;
- Acts 6:7And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
- 1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
- 1 Corinthians 2:8None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
Commentaries on John 7:48
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 48Have any of the rulers - believed on him? - Very few. But is this a proof that he is not of God? No, truly. If he were of the world, the world would love its own. The religion of Christ has been in general rejected by the rulers of this world. A life of mortification, self-denial, and humility, does not comport with the views of those who will have their portion in this life. It has ever been a mark of the truth of God that the great, the mighty, and the…Read the comment
- 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
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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
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