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John MacEvilly’s exposition of the gospel of John offers a clear, Catholic, passage-by-passage interpretation of the text. It combines traditional exegesis with moral exhortation and so has been widely used as a daily devotional. The work was originally intended for laymen, but quickly found a place as a textbook in seminary education and has seen numerous editions.

40. “The Prophet, indeed.” The definite article, “the,” only denotes that He was a distinguished Prophet, not the Messias, the “Prophet of their own nation,” etc. (Deut. 18:15.) For another class said (v. 41), “He is the Christ,” or Messias. The text from Deuteronomy, above referred to, was meant by the Holy Ghost to designate the Messias. But, the Jews erroneously fancied the Prophet thus spoken of to be different from Christ (see John 1:21). It may refer to “the Prophet,” who, as was supposed by
John 7:40–42
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