John 7:43
So there was a division among the people because of him.
John 7:43 in other translations
| BSB | So there was division in the crowd because of Jesus. |
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| WEB | So a division arose in the multitude because of him. |
| ASV | So there arose a division in the multitude because of him. |
| YLT | A division, therefore, arose among the multitude because of him. |
| DARBY | There was a division therefore in the crowd on account of him. |
| BBE | So there was a division among the people because of him. |
| Webster | So there was a division among the people because of him. |
What does John 7:43 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 7:40-43
40-43. Many ... when they heard this ... said, Of a truth, &c.--The only wonder is they did not all say it. "But their minds were blinded."
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 7:40-53
The malice of Christ's enemies is always against reason, and sometimes the staying of it cannot be accounted for. Never any man spake with that wisdom, and power, and grace, that convincing clearness, and that sweetness, wherewith Christ spake. Alas, that many, who are for a time restrained, and who speak highly of the word of Jesus, speedily lose their convictions, and go on in their sins! People are foolishly…
John 7:43 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 7:43
- John 9:16
Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
- John 10:19
There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
- Luke 12:51
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
- John 7:12
And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.
- Acts 23:7-10
And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees’ part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God. And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
- Acts 14:4
But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
- Matthew 10:35
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
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Context
- John 7:42
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
- John 7:43
So there was a division among the people because of him.
- John 7:44
And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
John 7:43 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Así que había disensión entre la gente acerca de él. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il y eut donc de la division dans la foule à cause de lui. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Es entstand nun seinethalben eine Spaltung in der Volksmenge. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dissensio itaque facta est in turba propter eum. |