John 7:43

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

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
So	οὖν oun	G3767	(adverbially) certainly · conjunction
was	ἐγένετο egeneto	G1096	to cause to be ("gen"-erate) · verb — second aorist middle deponent indicative, 3rd person singular
division	Σχίσμα Schisma	G4978	a split or gap ("schism") · noun — nominative singular neuter
among	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
people	ὄχλῳ ochlō	G3793	a throng (as borne along) · noun — dative singular masculine
because	δι᾽ di᾽	G1223	through (in very wide applications · preposition
him	αὐτόν. auton	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative singular masculine

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Cross-references

John 9:16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a s…
John 10:19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
Luke 12:51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
John 7:12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people…
Matthew 10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother i…
Acts 14:4 But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
Acts 23:7-10 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 7:37-44

In these verses we have, I. Christ's discourse, with the explication of it, Joh 7:37-39. It is probable that these are only short hints of what he enlarged upon, but they have in them the substance of the whole gospel; here is a gospel invitation to come to Christ, and a gospel promise of comfort and happiness in him. Now observe, 1. When he gave this invitation: On the last day of the feast of tabernacles, that great day. The eighth day, which concluded that solemnity, was to be a holy convocation, Lev 23:36. Now on this day Christ published this gospel-call, because (1.) Much people were gathered together, and, if the invitation were given to many, it might be hoped that some would accept…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 7:42

scripture said . . . of the seed of David, and out of . . . Bethlehem, &c.--We accept this spontaneous testimony to our David-descended, Bethlehem-born Saviour. Had those who gave it made the inquiry which the case demanded, they would have found that Jesus "came out of Galilee" (Joh 7:41) and "out of Bethlehem" both, alike in fulfilment of prophecy as in point of fact. (Mat 2:23; Mat 4:13-16).

Adam Clarke on John 7:43

There was a division - Σχισμα, a schism; they were divided in sentiment, and separated into parties. This is the true notion of schism.

John Gill on John 7:43

So there was a division among the people concerning him. Some, though they did not go so far as to believe him to be the Messiah, yet took him to be a prophet, and a very extraordinary one; others made no difficulty to assert him to be the Christ; and others objected to it on account of the country from whence he came, and so fulfilled the words of Christ, Luke 12:51.

John Calvin on John 7:40-44

John 7:40-44 40. Many of the multitude, therefore, having heard this sermon, said, This is truly a Prophet. [199] 41. Others said, This is the Christ. And others said, But will Christ come out of Galilee? 42. Doth not the Scripture say that Christ will come from the seed of David, and from the town of Bethlehem, where David dwelt? 43. There was therefore a difference of opinion in the multitude on account of him. 44. And some of them wished to seize him, but no man laid hands on him. 40. Many of the multitude. The Evangelist now relates what fruit followed from this last sermon of our Lord Jesus Christ; namely, that some thought one thing and some another, so that a difference of opinion a…

The Church Fathers

So there was a division among the people concerning Him. (Hom. li. 2) The Evangelist says this to show, that they had no concern for, and no anxiety to learn, the truth.
— John Chrysostom ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

To no purpose do they wrangle and are split into diverse opinions, some supposing that He is the Prophet, others the Christ. And the cause of their division, that they know not Christ, nor understand the accuracy of the Holy Scriptures: for else would they believing that none other is Jesus than the Prophet of the Law, have departed from their unseasonable dispute.
— Cyril of Alexandria, Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 5

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Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 7:37-44

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 7:42

Adam Clarke on John 7:43

John Gill on John 7:43

John Calvin on John 7:40-44

The Church Fathers

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 7:37-44

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 7:42

Adam Clarke on John 7:43

John Gill on John 7:43

John Calvin on John 7:40-44

The Church Fathers

Tyndale Open Study Notes on John 7:41-42