King James Version
John 7:47 in the King James Version says “Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived ?” — study this verse from John chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived ?”
John 7:47 · KJV
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 ?
Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“answered”
G611to conclude for oneself, i.e., (by implication) to respond; by hebraism (compare h6030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected)
“them”
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
“the Pharisees”
G5330a separatist, i.e., exclusively religious; a pharisean, i.e., jewish sectary
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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