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Saw the sign which he did (idontes ha epoiēsen sēmeia). “Signs” oldest MSS. have. This sign added to those already wrought (Joh 6:2). Cf. Joh 2:23; Joh 3:2.
They said (elegon). Inchoative imperfect, began to say.
Of a truth (alēthōs). Common adverb (from alēthēs) in John (Joh 7:40).
The prophet that cometh (ho prophētēs ho erchomenos). There was a popular expectation about the prophet of Deu 18:15 as being the Messiah (Joh 1:21; Joh 11:27). The phrase is peculiar to John, but the idea is in Acts (Act 3:22; Act 7:37). The people are on the tiptoe of expectation and believe that Jesus is the political Messiah of Pharisaic hope.