John 7:43
So there arose a dissension among the people because of him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
So there was a division among the people because of him.
In Context
44And some of them would have apprehended him: but no man laid hands on him.
Cross References
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.
John 7:12And there was much murmuring among the multitude concerning him. For some said: He is a good man. And others said: No, but he seduceth the people.
John 10:19A dissension rose again among the Jews for these words.
Acts 23:7And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the multitude was divided.
Matthew Henry on John 7:38-45
The Gospel Invitation. 37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) 40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the… Read the whole commentary →