John 7:43

43 Therefore dissension was made among the people for him. [And so dissension is made in the company for him.]

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, This is Christ. But some said, Whether Christ cometh from Galilee?

42 Whether the scripture saith not, that of the seed of David, and of the castle of Bethlehem, where David was, Christ cometh?

43 Therefore dissension was made among the people for him. [And so dissension is made in the company for him.]

44 And some of them would have taken him, but no man set hands on him.

45 Therefore the ministers came to the bishops and Pharisees, and they said to them, Why brought ye not him?