Bani Israil 17:94 وما منع الناس ان يومنوا اذ جاءهم الهدى الا ان قالوا ابعث الله بشرا رسولا ٩٤

The refusal of the Idolators to believe because the Messenger was a Human -- and its refutation

(And nothing prevented men) means, most of them,

(from believing) and following the Messengers, except the fact that they found it strange that human beings would be sent