Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 7:40-44
John 7:40-44. Many of the people therefore Even the officers sent to apprehend Christ, (see John 7:46,) as welt as many others of our Lord’s hearers; when they heard this saying Namely, the gracious invitation above mentioned, which indeed was a more free declaration and promise than he commonly made, were so affected thereby, that they exclaimed, Of a truth this is the Prophet Namely, the prophet like unto Moses, mentioned Deuteronomy 18:15. For, as the article is prefixed, it is most... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - John 7:44
And some of them ; i.e. of those who refused to accord him Messianic reception because he had not commenced his ministry at Bethlehem, and had not flaunted his Davidic ancestry. Some of the multitude were ready on their own account to act, or at least to aid or abet the baffled officers of state in their task: would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him. The same mysterious power, the same conflicting fear of the result among the enthusiastic crowd then waving their palm branches... read more