John 7:44

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

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.

In Context

43Therefore dissension was made among the people for him.

45Therefore the ministers came to the bishops, and Pharisees, and they said to them, Why brought ye not him? (And so the servants came back to the high priests, and the Pharisees, and they said to them, Why have ye not brought him back to us?)

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Cross References

John 8:20Jesus spake these words in the treasury, teaching in the temple; and no man took (hold of) him, for his hour came not yet, (or for his hour had not yet come, or for it was not yet his time).

Acts 18:10for I am with thee, and no man shall be put to thee to harm thee, for much people is to me in this city (or for many people be with me in this city).

Acts 27:23For an angel of God, whose I am, and to whom I serve, stood nigh to me in this night,

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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