Key Verse Spotlight
John 7:40 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.”
John 7:40
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet {given}; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
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