John 7:43

Therefore dissension was made among the people for him.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

So there was a division among the people because of him.

In Context

42Whether the scripture saith not, that of the seed of David, and of the castle of Bethlehem, where David was, Christ cometh? (Saith not the Scripture, that from the seed of David, and from the village of Bethlehem, where David was, the Messiah shall come?)

44And some of them would have taken (hold of) him, but no man set (his) hands on him.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:35For I came to part a man against his father (or For I came to set a man against his father), and the daughter against her mother, and the son’s wife against the husband’s mother;

John 7:12And much grudging was of him among the people (or And there was much grumbling about him among the people). For some said, That he is good; and others said, Nay, but he deceiveth the people;

John 10:19Again dissension was made among the Jews for these words.

Acts 23:7And when he had said this thing, dissension was made betwixt the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the multitude was parted (or and so the gathering 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 →

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