King James Version
John 7:45 in the King James Version says “Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?” — study this verse from John chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?”
John 7:45 · KJV
So there was a division among the people because of him.
And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived ?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“came”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“the officers”
G5257an under-oarsman, i.e., (generally) subordinate (assistant, sexton, constable)
“to”
G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,
“the chief priests”
G749the high-priest (literally, of the jews; typically, christ); by extension a chief priest
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“Pharisees”
G5330a separatist, i.e., exclusively religious; a pharisean, i.e., jewish sectary
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“brought”
G71properly, to lead; by implication, to bring, drive, (reflexively) go, (specially) pass (time), or (figuratively) induce
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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