John 7:32

The Pharisees heard the people whispering about him in this way, and so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him;

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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

31Many of the people, however, believed in him. ‘When the Christ comes,’ they said, ‘will he give more signs of his mission than this man has given?’

33at which Jesus said, ‘I will be with you but a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:13But alas for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You turn the key of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you do not go in yourselves, and do not allow those who try to go in to do so.

John 7:45When the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, they were asked, ‘Why have you not brought him?’

John 12:19So the Pharisees said to one another, ‘You see that you are gaining nothing! Why, all the world has run after him!’

Acts 5:26Then, the officer went with his men and fetched the apostles – without using violence, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people –

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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