John 7:32
30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?
The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.
- KJV
- The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
- WEB
- The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
- ASV
- The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to take him.
- DARBY
- The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers that they might take him.
- BLB
- The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers so that they might seize Him.
- ÅB
- Fariseerne hørte folket mumle dette om ham, og yppersteprestene og fariseerne sendte tjenere avsted for å gripe ham.
- OTB
- Fariseerne hørte folkemengden hviske disse tingene om Jesus, og yppersteprestene og fariseerne sendte offiserer for å arrestere ham.
- B1930
- Fariseerne hørte folket mumle dette om ham, og yppersteprestene og fariseerne sendte tjenere avsted for å gripe ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 5:26
Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
Read in contextMatthew 12:23–24
And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
Read in contextLuke 22:52–53
Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?
Read in contextJohn 18:3
Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
Read in contextJohn 12:19
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
Read in contextMatthew 23:13
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
Read in contextJohn 11:47–48
Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
Read in contextJohn 7:45–53
Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
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