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

45When the temple guards returned, the chief priests and Pharisees asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Jesus?” 46The temple guards answered, “No human has ever spoken like this man.” The Pharisees asked the temple guards, “Have you been deceived too? 48Has any ruler or any Pharisee believed in him? 49This crowd is cursed because it doesn’t know Moses’ Teachings.”

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 7:12The crowds argued about Jesus. Some people said, “He’s a good man,” while others said, “No he isn’t. He deceives the people.”
• John 9:27The man replied, “I’ve already told you, but you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear the story again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”
• 2 Kings 18:29This is what the king says: Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you. He can’t rescue you from me.
• 2 Chronicles 32:15Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you or persuade you like this. Don’t believe him. No god of any nation or kingdom could save his people from me or my ancestors. Certainly, your God will not rescue you from me!”
• Matthew 27:63They said, “Sir, we remember how that deceiver said while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will be brought back to life.’
• 2 Corinthians 6:8as we are praised and dishonored, as we are slandered and honored, and as we use what is right to attack what is wrong and to defend the truth. We are treated as dishonest although we are honest,

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