Following are a number of back-translations of John 7:46:

• Uma: «They answered: ‘Because we (excl.) have never before heard a person who speaks like he does!'» (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: «The guards answered, they said, ‘Nobody has ever taught like the teaching of that person.'» (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: «And the guards answered, ‘The reason we weren’t able to seize him is because his preaching was very good. There has never been a man who could preach like his preaching.'» (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: «‘Emphatically no person can-equal his way of speaking,’ answered the police.» (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: «They replied, saying, ‘Very respectfully to you, all this time, there’s been no man whose sayings were as wonderful.'» (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: «The police said, ‘Never any where have we heard a person speak like this man does.'» (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)