Christian Standard Bible
John 7:43
43So the crowd was divided 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 Messiah.” But some said, “Surely the Messiah doesn’t come from Galilee, does he? 42Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Messiah comes from David’s offspring and from the town of Bethlehem, where David lived?” So the crowd was divided because of him. 44Some of them wanted to seize him, but no one laid hands on him. 45Then the servants came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him?”
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Cross-references for John 7:43
- John 7:12And there was a lot of murmuring about him among the crowds. Some were saying, “He’s a good man.” Others were saying, “No, on the contrary, he’s deceiving the people.”
- John 9:16Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn’t keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was a division among them.
- John 10:19Again the Jews were divided because of these words.
- Matthew 10:35For I came to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
- Luke 12:51Do you think that I came here to bring peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
- Acts 14:4But the people of the city were divided, some siding with the Jews and others with the apostles.
- Acts 23:7When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and the 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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