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What does John 7:43 mean?

"So there arose a division in the multitude because of him."

— John 7:43 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

40

Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.”

41

Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?

42

Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

43

So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.

44

Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.

45

The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him?”

46

The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”

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