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American Standard Version

John 7:32

The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to take him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Persecution;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Pharisees, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John, gospel of;   Ruler;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Death of Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Candlestick;   Feasts;   Passover;   Tabernacles, Feast of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Officer;   Scribes;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Arrest ;   Captain;   Error;   Minister, Ministration;   Murmur, Murmuring ;   Officer (2);   Police;   Spies ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Officer;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Tabernacles feast of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Jesus Christ, the Arrest and Trial of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about him, and so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent servants to arrest him.
King James Version (1611)
The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him: And the Pharisees and the chiefe Priests sent officers to take him.
King James Version
The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
English Standard Version
The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
New American Standard Bible
The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest Him.
New Century Version
The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus. So the leading priests and the Pharisees sent some Temple guards to arrest him.
Amplified Bible
The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things [under their breath] about Him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent guards to arrest Him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to seize Him.
Legacy Standard Bible
The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to seize Him.
Berean Standard Bible
When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.
Contemporary English Version
When the Pharisees heard the crowd arguing about Jesus, they got together with the chief priests and sent some temple police to arrest him.
Complete Jewish Bible
The P'rushim heard the crowd whispering these things about Yeshua; so the head cohanim and the P'rushim sent some of the Temple guards to arrest him.
Darby Translation
The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers that they might take him.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Pharisees heard what the people were saying about Jesus. So the leading priests and the Pharisees sent some Temple police to arrest him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The Pharises heard that the people murmured these thinges of him, and the Pharises, and high Priestes sent officers to take him.
George Lamsa Translation
The Pharisees heard the people talking about him; so they and the high priests sent soldiers to arrest him.
Good News Translation
The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, so they and the chief priests sent some guards to arrest him.
Lexham English Bible
The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers in order to take him into custody .
Literal Translation
The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers, that they might seize Him.
Bible in Basic English
This discussion of the people came to the ears of the Pharisees; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent servants to take him.
Hebrew Names Version
The Perushim heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief Kohanim and the Perushim sent officers to arrest him.
International Standard Version
The Pharisees heard the crowd debating these things about him, so the high priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
Etheridge Translation
The Pharishee heard the assembly, that they said these things of him, and the chief priests sent officers to apprehend him.
Murdock Translation
And the Pharisees heard the multitude say these things of him: and they and the chief priests sent constables to take him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The pharisees hearde, that the people murmured such thinges concerning hym: And the pharisees and the hye priestes sent seruauntes to take hym.
English Revised Version
The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to take him.
World English Bible
The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
The Pharisees heard the people whispering such things concerning him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to seize him.
Weymouth's New Testament
The Pharisees heard the people thus expressing their various doubts about Him, and the High Priests and the Pharisees sent some officers to apprehend Him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Farisees herden the puple musinge of hym these thingis; and the princis and Farisees senten mynystris, to take hym.
Update Bible Version
The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent attendants to take him.
Webster's Bible Translation
The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him: and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
New English Translation
The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Jesus, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
New King James Version
The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him.
New Living Translation
When the Pharisees heard that the crowds were whispering such things, they and the leading priests sent Temple guards to arrest Jesus.
New Life Bible
The proud religious law-keepers heard the people talking about Jesus. The religious leaders of the Jews and the proud religious law-keepers sent soldiers to take Him.
New Revised Standard
The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering such things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent temple police to arrest him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The Pharisees hearkened unto the multitude murmuring concerning him these things; and the High-priests and the Pharisees sent forth officers, that they might seize him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The Pharisees heard the people murmuring these things concerning him: and the rulers and Pharisees sent ministers to apprehend him.
Revised Standard Version
The Pharisees heard the crowd thus muttering about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The pharises hearde that the people murmured suche thinges about him. Wherfore ye pharises and hye prestes sent ministres forthe to take him.
Young's Literal Translation
The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers that they may take him;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And it came to the Pharises eares, that ye people murmured soch thinges of him. And the Pharises and hye prestes sent out seruauntes, to take him.
Mace New Testament (1729)
(the Pharisees being inform'd what the people rumour'd concerning him, they and the chief priests sent their officers to seize him.)
THE MESSAGE
The Pharisees, alarmed at this seditious undertow going through the crowd, teamed up with the high priests and sent their police to arrest him. Jesus rebuffed them: "I am with you only a short time. Then I go on to the One who sent me. You will look for me, but you won't find me. Where I am, you can't come."
Simplified Cowboy Version
The religious know-it-alls heard what the crowds were saying and finally sent the church police to arrest Jesus.

Contextual Overview

14 But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. 15 The Jews therefore marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? 16 Jesus therefore answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me. 17 If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself. 18 He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. 19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me? 20 The multitude answered, Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to kill thee? 21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I did one work, and ye all marvel because thereof. 22 Moses hath given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers); and on the sabbath ye circumcise a man. 23 If a man receiveth circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are ye wroth with me, because I made a man every whit whole on the sabbath?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Pharisees heard: John 7:47-53, John 11:47, John 11:48, John 12:19, Matthew 12:23, Matthew 12:24, Matthew 23:13

sent: John 7:45, John 7:46, John 18:3, Luke 22:52, Luke 22:53, Acts 5:26

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 19:20 - sent messengers Jeremiah 36:26 - to take Matthew 2:4 - the chief Mark 10:2 - the Pharisees John 7:12 - murmuring John 7:30 - they John 15:20 - word

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Pharisees heard that the people murmured,.... Or whispered, privately talked among themselves:

such things concerning him; as that surely he must be the Messiah, since such wonderful things were done by him, and might also express some uneasiness and surprise, that the rulers did not receive him as such:

and the Pharisees, and the chief priests, sent officers to take him: and bring him before the sanhedrim, by them to be condemned, and so a stop be put to the people's receiving him, and believing in him as the Messiah; fearing, that should things go on at this rate, their principles and practices would be rejected, and their persons and authority be brought into contempt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The people murmured such things - That is, that the question was agitated whether he was the Messiah; that it excited debate and contention; and that the consequence was, he made many friends. They chose, therefore, if possible, to remove him from them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 32. The people murmured such things — The people began to be convinced that he was the Messiah; and this being generally whispered about, the Pharisees, c., thought it high time to put him to death, lest the people should believe on him therefore they sent officers to take him.


 
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