So a division arose in the multitude because of him.
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So a division arose in the multitude because of him.
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So was ther dissencion amonge the people aboute him.
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So was there dissension among the people for him.
Cross-references (7)
Passages linked to John 7:43 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- John 9:16 Some therefore of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn’t keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” There was division among them.
- John 10:19 Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these words.
- Luke 12:51 Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.
- John 7:12 There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others said, “Not so, but he leads the multitude astray.”
- Matthew 10:35 For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
- Acts 14:4 But the multitude of the city was divided. Part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
- Acts 23:7-10 When he had said this, an argument arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the crowd was divided. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these. A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ part stood up, and contended, saying, “We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let’s not fight against God!” When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 43 So there was a division among the people…
43 So there was a division among the people because of him.
Ver. 43. So there was a division] And yet these were the visible Church and favourers of Christ. That is no just cause of offence then that some take at our dissensions. Rare enim abit sine aliquibus dissensionibus etiam inter bonos et sanclos haee vita (Bucholcer), still Satan is thus busy, and Christians are thus improvident, that as if they lacked enemies, they deal blows among themselves, and fly in one another’s faces. It was never well since the Church was "all of one heart and one soul, neither was there any controversy at all among them," as one ancient Greek copy hath added to that text, Act 4:32.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain A division as to their opinions about him, as…
A division as to their opinions about him, as was before expressed.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then came the officers to the chief priests and…
Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees,.... Who were assembled together in council, as the great sanhedrim of the nation; who were sitting and expecting Jesus to be brought before them. The same officers they sent to take him, Joh 7:32, returned to them without him; for though they were sent on that errand which they intended to have performed, yet they were not on the side of those who were for seizing him by force, nor of those who objected to his being the Messiah; but rather took part with those who affirmed he was the Messiah; or at least looked upon him to be some extraordinary prophet:
and they said unto them; that is, the chief priests and Pharisees said to the officers; the Syriac version reads, "the priests said unto them":
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why have ye not brought him? They mention not the name of Jesus by way of contempt, and knowing that the officers would easily understand them; though the Persic version expresses it, reading the words thus, "why have ye not brought Jesus?" seeing them returned without him, they were transported with rage and fury, and fell upon them in a fierce and furious manner, for disobeying their orders, who had sat there waiting some time: and hoping, and not doubting, but they should have him in their hands, whose blood they were thirsting after: wherefore it was a great disappointment to them, and much enraged them to see them come without him.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 43. There was a division] σχισμα, a schism;…
Verse 43. There was a division] σχισμα, a schism; they were divided in sentiment, and separated into parties. This is the true notion of schism.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 43. A division—Some adducing, doubtless, the well known truth…
43. A division—Some adducing, doubtless, the well known truth of his descent and birth; while others are so incensed that they are ready, if some one will only lead the way in laying hands upon him, to join in his apprehension. This failure is followed by a closing defeat, which our Evangelist proceeds to narrate.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 43. a division] Schisma, whence our word ‘schism.’ It…
43. a division] Schisma, whence our word ‘schism.’ It means a serious and possibly violent division: Joh_9:16, Joh_10:19; 1Co_1:10; 1Co_12:25; comp. Act_14:4; Act_23:7. In N.T. it is never used in the modern sense of a separation from the Church, but of parties in the Church. In the Synoptists it is used only in its original sense of physical severing; ‘a worse rent is made;’ Mat_9:16; Mar_2:21.
among the people] In the multitude.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (43) There was a division among the people.—The word…
(43) There was a division among the people.—The word for division is our word “schism.” It is found in the earlier Gospels in one instance only, “the rent is made worse” (Mat_9:16; Mar_2:21). This is nearer to the older meaning of the word, which is used, for example, of the hoofs of animals, and the leaves of trees. St. John uses it only to mark this rent into two parties of the Jewish multitude, here and in Joh_9:16; Joh_10:19. In St. Paul it is used of the divisions of the Church at Corinth (1Co_1:10; 1Co_11:18; 1Co_12:25). The use of the word in its ethical sense may belong in some special way to Ephesus, for only in writings from this city do we find it in Biblical Greek. Later, both the word and the fact denoted by it passed into the history of the Church.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 So there arose a division in the crowds because…
So there arose a division in the crowds because of him
The crowds could not agree about who or what Jesus was.
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but no one laid hands on him
To lay hands on someone is an idiom which means to grab him or to hold onto him. AT: "but no one grabbed him to arrest him" (See: Idiom)
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