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The Contempt of the Elite
Commentators unanimously explain that the Pharisees' statement reveals their profound contempt for the common people. They used terms like "the rabble" or the rabbinic phrase "people of the earth" to describe those uneducated in their specific legal interpretations. This serves as a powerful warning against spiritual pride and the sin of despising others whom God loves.
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Albert Barnes
On John 7:49
18th Century
Theologian
This people. The word translated here as people is the one commonly rendered the multitude. It is a word expressive of c…
AT Robertson
On John 7:49
This multitude (ο οχλος ουτος). The Pharisees had a scorn for the amhaaretz or "people of the earth" (cf. our "clod-hoppers…
Charles Ellicott
On John 7:49
19th Century
Bishop
But this people who knows not the law . . .—The words express: “Those people there, among whom you have been, and with wh…
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Charles Spurgeon
On John 7:49
19th Century
Preacher
But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
They regarded the poor, common people as ignorant and accursed, whereas they, pr…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On John 7:49
The Pharisees were irate when the guards returned without Jesus. Their question implied a negative answer: “No one of the Pharisees has believed in…
John Calvin
On John 7:49
16th Century
Theologian
But this multitude. The first part of their pride was that, relying on the title of Priests, they wished to subject everyone to them in a …
John Gill
On John 7:49
17th Century
Pastor
But this people who knows not the law are cursed .
] With great contempt they style the followers of Jesus "this peo…
Matthew Henry
On John 7:40–53
17th Century
Minister
The malice of Christ's enemies is always against reason, and sometimes its restraint cannot be explained. Never has any man spoken with that wisdom…