<p>7:40 <i>Therefore some of the crowd, when they heard these words, said: This is truly the prophet</i>- &ldquo;The prophet&rdquo; (also in :52) is clearly a reference to &ldquo;the prophet&rdquo; like Moses, i.e. Messiah.&nbsp; There are many other allusions by John&rsquo;s record to the Dt. 18:18 passage: &ldquo;I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I command him&rdquo;. References to the Son only speaking what the Father commanded Him are to be found in Jn. 4:25; 8:28; 12:49. John perhaps emphasizes that at this time, the Lord did no miracle. It was by hearing &quot;these words&quot; that they were persuaded He was a prophet. There was something about His claims which was intuitively attractive and credible; see on :17.</p>