John 7:43
And there was a division concerning him among the assemblies;
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
So there was a division among the people because of him.
In Context
44and there were men of them who would have apprehended him; but no man laid hands on him.
Cross References
Matthew 10:35For I have come to cause a man to separate from his father, and a daughter from her mother, and a daughter-in-law from her mother-in-law;
John 7:12and there was great murmuring concerning him among the people; for some said that he was good, and others said, No; but he deceiveth the people.
John 10:19And there was again a division among the Jihudoyee because of his words:
Acts 23:7And when he had said this, the Pharishee and the Zadukoyee fell on one another, and the people 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 →