John 7:32

When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering this about him, they and the chief priests sent guards to arrest Jesus.

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In The King James Version

The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.

In Context

31However, many of the crowd did put their trust in him. “When the Messiah appears, will he do more miraculous signs than this man has done?” they said.

33Then Jesus told the people, “I'll be with you just a little longer, but then I'll return to the one who sent me.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:13But what a disaster is coming on you religious teachers and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You slam shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. You yourselves don't go in, yet you don't let anyone in who is trying to enter.

John 7:45Then the guards returned to the chief priests and the Pharisees who asked them, “Why didn't you bring him in?”

John 12:19The Pharisees said to one other, “Look, we're getting nowhere. Everyone's running after him.”

Acts 5:26So the captain went with his guards and brought them in, but did not use force because they were afraid that the people would stone them.

Matthew Henry on John 7:15-37

Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles. 14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. 15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? 16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and… Read the whole commentary →

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