The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”
Parallel translations
- KJV The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
- BSB “Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.
- ESV The officers answered, “No one ever spoke like this man!”
- NKJV The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this Man!”
- NASB The officers answered, “Never has a man spoken in this way!”
- NLT “We have never heard anyone speak like this!” the guards responded.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Matt 7:28–29When Jesus had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
- Luke 4:22All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”
- John 7:26Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?
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