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

41Other people said, ‘This man is the Messiah.’ But some other people said, ‘The Messiah will not come from Galilee! 42The Bible says that the Messiah will come from King David's family. He will come from Bethlehem, the town where David lived.’ In this way the people had different thoughts about Jesus. 44Some people wanted to take hold of him. But nobody could put their hands on him to take him away. 45The officers returned to the leaders of the priests and the Pharisees. The leaders asked their officers, ‘Why did you not bring Jesus here?’

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 7:12People in the crowd were talking quietly to each other about Jesus. Some people said, ‘He is a good man.’ But other people said, ‘No, he is telling the people things that are not true.’
• John 9:16So some of the Pharisees said, ‘This man Jesus cannot have come from God. He does not obey the rules about our day of rest.’ But other Pharisees said, ‘Nobody who is bad could do great things like this!’ So they did not agree with each other.
• John 10:19Again, the Jews could not agree about these things that Jesus said.
• Matthew 10:35A man will fight against his father. A daughter will fight against her mother. A woman will fight against her husband's mother.
• Luke 12:51I did not come into the world so that everyone will agree with each other. No, I tell you. I came to put people against one another.
• Acts 14:4The people in the city did not agree with each other. Some of them believed the message from the apostles, Paul and Barnabas. But some people agreed with the Jews who did not believe their message.
• Acts 23:7As soon as Paul said that, the Pharisees and Sadducees began to argue with each other. People in the group thought different things about Paul.

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
• Judge
• Thither
• Jesus Christ
• John, Gospel of
• Law in the New Testament
• Schism
• Temple

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