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, “He is the Messiah.” Still others said, “But he can’t be! Will the Messiah come from Galilee? 42For the Scriptures clearly state that the Messiah will be born of the royal line of David, in Bethlehem, the village where King David was born.” So the crowd was divided about him. 44Some even wanted him arrested, but no one laid a hand on him. 45When the Temple guards returned without having arrested Jesus, the leading priests and Pharisees demanded, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”

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 grumbling about him among the crowds. Some argued, “He’s a good man,” but others said, “He’s nothing but a fraud who deceives the people.”
• John 9:16Some of the Pharisees said, “This man Jesus is not from God, for he is working on the Sabbath.” Others said, “But how could an ordinary sinner do such miraculous signs?” So there was a deep division of opinion among them.
• John 10:19When he said these things, the people were again divided in their opinions about him.
• Matthew 10:35‘I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
• Luke 12:51Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I have come to divide people against each other!
• Acts 14:4But the people of the town were divided in their opinion about them. Some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.
• Acts 23:7This divided the council—the Pharisees against the Sadducees—

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
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• Division
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• 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