John 7:43
And there was a division among the multitude respecting him.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
So there was a division among the people because of him.
In Context
44And there were some of them who wished to apprehend him. But no one laid hands on him.
Cross References
Matthew 10:35For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
John 7:12And there was much altercation among the people respecting him; for some said, He is a good man; while others said, No, but he deceiveth the people.
John 10:19And again there was a division among the Jews, on account of these sayings.
Acts 23:7And when he had said this, the Pharisees and Sadducees fell upon one another, and the people were 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 →