John 7:46
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The ministers answered: Never did man speak like this man.

Never.

John 7:26 And behold, he speaketh openly: and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers known for a truth that this is the Christ?

Matthew 7:29 For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the scribes and Pharisees.

Luke 4:22 And all gave testimony to him. And they wondered at the words of grace that proceeded from his mouth. And they said: Is not this the son of Joseph?

Context
Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders
45The ministers therefore came to the chief priests and the Pharisees. And they said to them: Why have you not brought him? 46The ministers answered: Never did man speak like this man. 47The Pharisees therefore answered them: Are you also seduced?…
Cross References
Matthew 7:28
And it came to pass when Jesus had fully ended these words, the people were in admiration at his doctrine.

Luke 4:32
And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his speech was with power.

John 7:32
The Pharisees heard the people murmuring these things concerning him: and the rulers and Pharisees sent ministers to apprehend him.

Lexicon
“Never {has}
Οὐδέποτε (Oudepote)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3763: Never. From oude and pote; not even at any time, i.e. Never at all.

anyone
ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

spoken
ἐλάλησεν (elalēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2980: A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.

like
ὡς (hōs)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

this
οὗτος (houtos)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

man!”
ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

officers
ὑπηρέται (hypēretai)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5257: From hupo and a derivative of eresso; an under-oarsman, i.e. subordinate.

answered.
Ἀπεκρίθησαν (Apekrithēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 611: From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.


Additional Translations
“Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.

The officers answered, "Never has a man spoken like this, as this man speaks."

The officers answered, Never man spoke like this man.

The officers answered, Never man so spake.

The officers answered, Never man spoke thus, as this man [speaks].

The officers answered, Never man so spake.

The officers answered, Never man spoke like this man.

"No mere man has ever spoken as this man speaks," said the officers.

The officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this man!"

The officers answered, 'Never so spake man -- as this man.'
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