John 7:43
So there was a violent dissension among the people on His account.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
So there was a division among the people because of him.
In Context
44Some of them wanted at once to arrest Him, but no one laid hands upon Him.
Cross References
Matthew 10:35For I came to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
John 7:12Among the mass of the people there was much muttered debate about Him. Some said, "He is a good man." Others said, "Not so: he is imposing on the people."
John 10:19Again there arose a division among the Jews because of these words.
Acts 23:7These words of his caused an angry dispute between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly took different sides.
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 →