John 7:43

So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.

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In The King James Version

So there was a division among the people because of him.

In Context

42+ 7:42. MP: Messiah is born in Bethlehem Ephrathah. This defines the ancient Bethlehem originally called Ephrath in (Gen 35:16, 35:19; 48:7; Ruth 4:11). This place was also called Beth-lehem Ephratah (Mic 5:2), Beth-lehem-Judah (1 Sam 17:12), and “the city of David” (Luke 2:4). At the time of Yeshua's birth, Bethlehem Ephrathah, also called “Bethlehem in Judea” in (Matt 2:5), was a village about five miles south of Jerusalem in Judea. This is different from the Zebulun tribe's city of Bethlehem in the Galilee, about six miles west of Nazareth menioned only in (Josh 19:15). (Mic 5:2) Has not the Scripture said that the Messiah [Anointed one] comes of the offspring of David [Beloved], + 7:42. Quoted from 2 Sam 7:12; Ps 89:3-4, 132:11-12 and from Bethlehem [House of Bread], + 7:42. Quoted from Mic 5:2 the village where David [Beloved] lived?” + 7:42 Context: (1 Sam 16:1) identifies Bethlehem as David’s hometown.

44Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:35For I came to set a son at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

John 7:12There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others said, “Not so, but he leads the multitude astray.”

John 10:19Therefore a division arose again among the Jews [Praisers] because of these words.

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 →

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