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John 7:25

Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?

KJV

Ἔλεγον οὖν τινες ἐκ τῶν Ἱεροσολυμειτῶν· οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν ὃν ζητοῦσιν ἀποκτεῖναι;

Greek NT

Dicebant ergo quidam ex Jerosolymis : Nonne hic est, quem quærunt interficere ?

Vulgate

Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?

ASV

Some therefore of Jerusalem said: Is not this he whom they seek to kill?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
ζητέω
zeteo
verb · 117×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀποκτείνω
apokteino
verb · 74×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
Ἱεροσολυμίτης
ierosolumites
noun · 2×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Nothing is worse than envy and malice; through these death entered into the world. For when the devil saw man honored, he endured not his prosperity, but used every means to destroy him. Wisdom 2:24 And from the same root one may everywhere see this same fruit produced. Thus Abel was slain; thus David, with many other just men, was like to have been so; from this also the Je…

Cross-references

  • Luke 2:11 — For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
  • Mark 12:12 — And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.