John 7:40

ἐκ τ. ὄχλ. οὖν. Of the multitude, therefore, some, when they heard these words, kept saying, or, began to say. For ἐκ τῶν as a nominative comp. John 1:24; John 16:17, and as an accusative 2 John 1:4; Revelation 2:10. The λόγοι probably mean the discourses from John 7:14 onwards.

ὁ προφήτης. The Prophet of Deuteronomy 18:15, who is here distinguished from the Messiah. see on John 1:21 and John 6:14.