48 "Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?
48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
48 Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him?
48 You don't see any of the leaders believing in him, do you? Or any from the Pharisees?
48 Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him?
48 "Is there a single one of us rulers or Pharisees who believes in him?
49 No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law-there is a curse on them."
49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed."
49 It's only this crowd, ignorant of God's Law, that is taken in by him - and damned."
49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed."
49 This foolish crowd follows him, but they are ignorant of the law. God's curse is on them!"
(Read John 7:40-53)
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 matters of eternal moment, are willing even to be damned for fashion's sake. As the wisdom of God often chooses things which men despise, so the folly of men commonly despises those whom God has chosen. The Lord brings forward his weak and timid disciples, and sometimes uses them to defeat the designs of his enemies.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 7:48
Commentary on John 7:40-53
(Read John 7:40-53)
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 matters of eternal moment, are willing even to be damned for fashion's sake. As the wisdom of God often chooses things which men despise, so the folly of men commonly despises those whom God has chosen. The Lord brings forward his weak and timid disciples, and sometimes uses them to defeat the designs of his enemies.