John 7:43
So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
So there was a division among the people because of him.
In Context
44Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.
Cross References
Matthew 10:35For I came to set a man 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 Jewish people because of these words.
Acts 23:7When he had said this, an argument arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly 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 →