john-7:46,-john-7:1,-luke-4:22

The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:46

The incomparable words. The testimony of these officers was at least impartial. If they were prejudiced, it was not in favour of Jesus, but against him. Persons in their position were likely to share the feelings of those by whom they were employed, and by whom they were sent on a message hostile to the Prophet of Nazareth. But the demeanour, and especially the language, of Jesus disarmed them. They came under the spell of his wisdom, his grace, his eloquence. And when they returned,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 7:45-46

The officers - Those who had been appointed John 7:32 to take him. It seems that Jesus was in the midst of the people addressing them, and that they happened to come at the very time when he was speaking. They were so impressed and awed with what he said that they dared not take him. There have been few instances of eloquence like this. His speaking had so much evidence of truth, so much proof that he was from God, and was so impressive and persuasive, that they were convinced of his innocence,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 7:45-49

John 7:45-49. Then came the officers to the chief priests, &c. Namely, without accomplishing the purpose for which they were sent; and they The chief priests and other members of the sanhedrim, perceiving the officers had not executed their commission; said, Why have ye not brought him According to the orders you received from us? The officers answered, Never man spake like this man Surely no man living ever addressed his hearers in so engaging and irresistible a manner. They seem... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 7:45-53

87. Argument in the Sanhedrin (John 7:45-53)The leaders of the Sanhedrin were furious when the temple guards returned without Jesus. The guards said that they could not arrest one who gave such powerful teaching. Angrily the rulers replied that perhaps some of the uneducated masses believed in Jesus, but certainly none of the teachers, leaders, or other well instructed Jews (John 7:45-49).When Nicodemus, who was a member of the Sanhedrin (cf. John 3:1), suggested that they should at least give... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 7:46

never . Greek. oudepote like = thus, as. Some texts omit this last clause, but not Syriac. See note 3, p. 1511. Compare John 4:29 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 7:40-46

John 7:40-46. Many of the people therefore,— Our Lord appears to have been discoursing as above, when the officerssent by the council to apprehend him, Joh 7:32 came up: but as it was an uncommon topic, and he seemed to be speaking with great fervency, their curiosity made them willing to hear him a little before they laid hands on him, John 7:44-45. The eloquence and power with which he spoke, struck them; every word that he had uttered being well chosen, aptly placed, and gracefully... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 7:46

46. Never man spake like this man—Noble testimony of unsophisticated men! Doubtless they were strangers to the profound intent of Christ's teaching, but there was that in it which by its mysterious grandeur and transparent purity and grace, held them spellbound. No doubt it was of God that they should so feel, that their arm might be paralyzed, as Christ's hour was not yet come; but even in human teaching there has sometimes been felt such a divine power, that men who came to kill them (for... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 7:45-46

When the officers of the temple guard returned to the Sanhedrin without Jesus, the Sanhedrin members asked why they had not arrested Him (cf. John 7:32). The officers replied that no man (Gr. anthropos, emphatic in the Greek text) had ever spoken as Jesus did (cf. John 7:15). They, too, spoke more truly than they knew. Jesus was more than a man. Jesus’ authority and wisdom obviously impressed them as well as the other people. They had gone to arrest Jesus with their weapons, but Jesus had... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 7:45-52

3. The unbelief of the Jewish leaders 7:45-52 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - John 7:1-53

The Feast of TabernaclesJohn 7:1 to John 10:21. Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles, October, 28 a.d.After the discourse of John 6, delivered just before Passover 28 a.d., Jesus did not go up to Jerusalem (John 7:1), but devoted Himself for five or six months to active work in various parts of Galilee, of which St. John says nothing. At the close of this period He visited the country of Tyre and Sidon (Mark 7:24), made a tour through Decapolis, where He fed the 4,000 (Mark 8:1), retired to... read more