John 7:43

43 dissensio itaque facta est in turba propter eum

John 7:43 Meaning and Commentary

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 7:43 In-Context

41 alii dicebant hic est Christus quidam autem dicebant numquid a Galilaea Christus venit

42 nonne scriptura dicit quia ex semine David et Bethleem castello ubi erat David venit Christus

43 dissensio itaque facta est in turba propter eum

44 quidam autem ex ipsis volebant adprehendere eum sed nemo misit super illum manus

45 venerunt ergo ministri ad pontifices et Pharisaeos et dixerunt eis illi quare non adduxistis eum