John 7:32
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The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.
Read John 7:32 Using Other Translations
The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
When the Pharisees heard that the crowds were whispering such things, they and the leading priests sent Temple guards to arrest Jesus.
What does John 7:32 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
John 7:32
The Pharisees heard that the people murmured
Or whispered, privately talked among themselves:
such things concerning him;
as that surely he must be the Messiah, since such wonderful
things were done by him, and might also express some uneasiness
and surprise, that the rulers did not receive him as such:
and the Pharisees, and the chief priests, sent officers to
take him:
and bring him before the sanhedrim, by them to be condemned, and
so a stop be put to the people's receiving him, and believing in
him as the Messiah; fearing, that should things go on at this
rate, their principles and practices would be rejected, and their
persons and authority be brought into contempt.
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