John 7:43
So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
So there was a division among the people because of him.
In Context
44And some of them would have taken 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 multitudes concerning him: some said, He is a good man: others said, Not so, but he leadeth the multitude astray.
John 10:19There arose a division therefore again among the Jews because of these words.
Acts 23:7And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees; and the assembly 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 →