American Standard Version
John 7:43
43So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.
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. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee? 42Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was? So there arose a division in the multitude because of him. 44And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him. 45The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why did ye not bring him?
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Cross-references for John 7:43
- John 7:12And there was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him: some said, He is a good man; others said, Not so, but he leadeth the multitude astray.
- John 9:16Some therefore of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. But others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such signs? And there was a division among them.
- John 10:19There arose a division again among the Jews because of these words.
- Matthew 10:35For I came 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:
- Luke 12:51Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
- Acts 14:4But the multitude of the city was divided; and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
- Acts 23:7And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees; and the assembly was divided.
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
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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
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