John 7:44
Some people wanted to seize him, but no one tried to do that.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
In Context
43So the people were divided because of what they thought about Jesus.
Cross References
John 8:20He said these things when he was in the Temple courtyard, near the place where the people put their offerings. This was also very close to the place where the Jewish council met. But no one seized him to arrest him, because it was not yet time [MTY] for him to suffer and die.
Acts 18:10because I will help you, and no one will be able to harm you (sg) here. Keep telling people about me, because there are many in this city who will believe in me.”
Acts 27:23I know this, because last night God, the one to whom I belong and whom I serve, sent an angel who came and stood by me.
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 →