John 7:43

43 So there was a violent dissension among the people on His account.

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 Others said, "He is the Christ." But others again, "Not so, for is the Christ to come from Galilee?

42 Has not the Scripture declared that the Christ is to come of the family of David and from Bethlehem, David's village?"

43 So there was a violent dissension among the people on His account.

44 Some of them wanted at once to arrest Him, but no one laid hands upon Him.

45 Meanwhile the officers returned to the High Priests and Pharisees, who asked them, "Why have you not brought him?"