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The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to take him.
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Spreading Faith Provoked a Reaction
Commentators explain that the Pharisees acted because they heard the crowd's 'murmuring.' This wasn't just idle chatter, but a growing, whispered belief that Jesus was the Messiah. The authorities saw this spreading faith as a direct threat to their own power and influence, prompting them to try and extinguish what one scholar called a 'smouldering fire' by arresting Jesus.
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John
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The people murmured such things. That is, that the question of whether he was the Messiah was intensely discussed; that this stirred up de…
The Pharisees (ο Φαρισαιο). This group of the Jewish rulers (7:11,15,25f.) was particularly hostile to Christ, though already the …
19th Century
Anglican
The Pharisees heard that the people murmured.—Or, more exactly, the Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring. In …
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Baptist
The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him;
Whispered these things, afraid to speak out boldly because…
The favorable reaction of those who believed prompted the chief priests and Pharisees to action. To delay longer might result in more people turnin…
16th Century
Protestant
The Pharisees heard. From this it appears that the Pharisees, as if they were keeping watch, were eager on all occasions to prevent Christ…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The Pharisees heard that the people murmured Or whispered, privately talked among themselves:
suc…
The discourses of Jesus convinced many that he was the Messiah, but they did not have the courage to acknowledge it. It is a comfort to those who a…
13th Century
Catholic
Having considered the origin of His doctrine, the Evangelist now tells us about the origin of its Teacher.
