John 7:43

John 7:43 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So there was a division among the people because of him.
• New International Version (NIV)Thus the people were divided because of Jesus.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So there was a division among the people over him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So there was a division among the people because of Him.

Context of John 7:43

41Others said, “This is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed)!” But others said, “Surely the Christ is not going to come out of Galilee, is He? 42Does the Scripture not say that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?” So the crowd was divided because of Him. 44Some of them wanted to arrest Him, but no one laid hands on Him. 45Then the guards went [back] to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why did you not bring Him [here with you]?”

John 7:43 word by word

Σχίσμα οὖν ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ὄχλῳ δι᾽ αὐτόν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Soοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• there wasγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• a divisionσχίσμαschisma · splitG4978
• amongἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the peopleὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the peopleὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• becauseδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• of himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for John 7:43

• John 7:12There was a lot of whispered discussion and murmuring among the crowds about Him. Some were saying, “He is a good man”; others said, “No, on the contrary, He misleads the people [giving them false ideas].”
• John 9:16Then some of the Pharisees said, “This Man [Jesus] is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner (a non-observant Jew) do such signs and miracles?” So there was a difference of opinion among them.
• John 10:19A division [of opinion] occurred again among the Jews because of these words [of His].
• Matthew 10:35For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
• Luke 12:51Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division [between believers and unbelievers];
• Acts 14:4But the people of the city were divided; some were siding with the Jews, and some with the apostles.
• Acts 23:7When he said this, an angry dispute erupted between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the [whole crowded] assembly was divided [into two factions].

Commentaries on John 7:43

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 43There was a division - , a schism; they were divided in sentiment, and separated into parties. This is the true notion of schism.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 40-53Verses 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 swayed by outward motives in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-52This chapter describes Jesus at the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles. Jesus used parts of the feast to reveal his true identity to his fellow Jews and to show that he had fulfilled the feast's essential meaning (see 7:37–39; 8:12).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 40-4340-43. 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."Read the comment

Topics related to John 7:43

• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ

In the dictionaries

• Division
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• Jesus Christ
• John, Gospel of
• Law in the New Testament
• Schism
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Commentaries on John 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings