New English Translation
John 7:47
47Then the Pharisees answered, “You haven’t been deceived too, have you?
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 officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him back with you?” 46The officers replied, “No one ever spoke like this man!” Then the Pharisees answered, “You haven’t been deceived too, have you? 48None of the rulers or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they? 49But this rabble who do not know the law are accursed!”
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ἀπεκρίθησαν οὖν αὐτοῖς οἱ Φαρισαῖοι· μὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς πεπλάνησθε;Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for John 7:47
- John 7:12There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some were saying, “He is a good man,” but others, “He deceives the common people.”
- John 9:27He answered, “I told you already and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You people don’t want to become his disciples too, do you?”
- 2 Kings 18:29This is what the king says: ‘Don’t let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you from my hand!
- 2 Chronicles 32:15Now don’t let Hezekiah deceive you or 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. So how can your gods rescue you from my power?’”
- Matthew 27:63and said, “Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
- 2 Corinthians 6:8through glory and dishonor, through slander and praise; regarded as impostors, and 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
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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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