John 7:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And there was much discussion about him among the mass of the people. Some said, He is a good man; but others said, No, he is giving people false ideas.

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  • John 9:16 : 16 Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them.
  • John 7:40-43 : 40 When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet. 41 Others said, This is the Christ. But others said, Not so; will the Christ come from Galilee? 42 Do not the Writings say that the Christ comes of the seed of David and from Beth-lehem, the little town where David was? 43 So there was a division among the people because of him.
  • John 7:47 : 47 Then the Pharisees said to them, Have you, like the others, been given false ideas?
  • John 7:32 : 32 This discussion of the people came to the ears of the Pharisees; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent servants to take him.
  • John 7:52 : 52 This was their answer: And do you come from Galilee? Make search and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.
  • John 10:19-21 : 19 There was a division again among the Jews because of these words. 20 And a number of them said, He has an evil spirit and is out of his mind; why do you give ear to him? 21 Others said, These are not the words of one who has an evil spirit. Is it possible for an evil spirit to make blind people see?
  • Acts 11:24 : 24 For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord.
  • Rom 5:7 : 7 Now it is hard for anyone to give his life even for an upright man, though it might be that for a good man someone would give his life.
  • Phil 2:14 : 14 Do all things without protests and arguments;
  • Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for the disciple that he may be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have given the name Beelzebub to the master of the house, how much more to those of his house!
  • Matt 16:13-16 : 13 Now when Jesus had come into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he said, questioning his disciples, Who do men say that the Son of man is? 14 And they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. 15 He says to them, But who do you say that I am? 16 And Simon Peter made answer and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
  • Matt 21:46 : 46 And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.
  • Matt 27:63 : 63 Saying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said, while he was still living, After three days I will come again from the dead.
  • Luke 6:45 : 45 The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.
  • Luke 7:16 : 16 And fear came on all, and they gave praise to God, saying, A great prophet is among us: and, God has given thought to his people.
  • Luke 18:19 : 19 And Jesus said to him, Why do you say that I am good? No one is good, but only God.
  • Luke 23:47 : 47 And when the captain saw what was done, he gave praise to God, saying, Without doubt this was an upright man.
  • Luke 23:50 : 50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority and a good and upright man
  • John 6:14 : 14 And when the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, Truly, this is the prophet who is to come into the world.
  • John 7:25-27 : 25 Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, Is not this the man whose death is desired? 26 And here he is talking openly and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that the rulers have knowledge that this is truly the Christ? 27 However, it is clear to us where this man comes from: but when the Christ comes no one will have knowledge where he comes from.

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    43 So there was a division among the people because of him.

    44 And some of them had a desire to take him; but no man put hands on him.

  • John 7:13
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    13 But no man said anything about him openly for fear of the Jews.

  • John 7:31-32
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    31 And numbers of the people had belief in him, and they said, When the Christ comes will he do more signs than this man has done?

    32 This discussion of the people came to the ears of the Pharisees; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent servants to take him.

  • John 7:25-26
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    25 Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, Is not this the man whose death is desired?

    26 And here he is talking openly and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that the rulers have knowledge that this is truly the Christ?

  • John 7:11
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    11 At the feast the Jews were looking for him and saying, Where is he?

  • John 7:40-41
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    40 When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet.

    41 Others said, This is the Christ. But others said, Not so; will the Christ come from Galilee?

  • John 10:19-20
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    19 There was a division again among the Jews because of these words.

    20 And a number of them said, He has an evil spirit and is out of his mind; why do you give ear to him?

  • John 6:43
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    43 Jesus made answer and said, Do not say things against me, one to another.

  • Matt 26:5
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    5 But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear of trouble among the people.

  • Mark 14:2
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    2 But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear there may be trouble among the people.

  • John 11:47
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    47 Then the high priests and the Pharisees had a meeting and said, What are we doing? This man is doing a number of signs.

  • John 12:18-19
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    18 And that was the reason the people went out to him, because it had come to their ears that he had done this sign.

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    32 But if we say, From men--they were in fear of the people, because all took John to be truly a prophet.

  • Mark 11:18
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    18 And it came to the ears of the chief priests and scribes, and they took thought how they might put him to death; being in fear of him, because all the people were full of wonder at his teaching.

  • John 7:20
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    20 The people said in answer, You have an evil spirit: who has any desire to put you to death?

  • John 12:9
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    9 Then a great number of the Jews had news that he was there: and they came, not only because of Jesus, but so that they might see Lazarus who had been dead and to whom he had given life.

  • John 12:42
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    42 However, a number even of the rulers had belief in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not say so openly for fear that they might be shut out from the Synagogue:

  • John 9:16
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    16 Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them.

  • Luke 23:2
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    2 And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

  • Acts 6:12
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    12 And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,

  • Luke 7:17
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    17 And this story about him went through all Judaea and the places round about.

  • Luke 3:15
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    15 And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not,

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    26 But if we say, From men; we are in fear of the people, because all take John to be a prophet.

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    11 And the people said, This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.

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    14 And turning to the people again, he said to them, Give ear to me all of you, and let my words be clear to you:

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    35 So the Jews said among themselves, To what place is he going where we will not see him? will he go to the Jews living among the Greeks and become the teacher of the Greeks?

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    46 And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.

  • John 18:34
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    34 Jesus made answer, Do you say this of yourself, or did others say it about me?

  • Acts 5:37
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    37 After this man, there was Judas of Galilee, at the time of the numbering, and some of the people went after him: he was put to death, and all his supporters were put to flight.

  • Luke 20:6
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    6 But if we say, Of men; we will be stoned by the people, for they are certain that John was a prophet.

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    14 You say that this man has been teaching the people evil things: now I, after going into the question before you, see nothing wrong in this man in connection with the things which you have said against him:

  • Mark 14:57
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    57 Then some got up and gave false witness against him, saying,

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    41 Now the Jews said bitter things about Jesus because of his words, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

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    2 And the chief priests and the scribes were looking for a chance to put him to death, but they went in fear of the people.

  • Luke 24:19
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    19 And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people:

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    7 And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great number from Galilee came after him: and from Judaea,

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    48 But they were not able to do anything, because the people all kept near him, being greatly interested in his words.

  • Matt 22:33
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    33 And the people hearing it were surprised at his teaching.

  • Mark 15:11
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    11 But the people were moved by the chief priests to make him let Barabbas go free.

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    3 And some of the scribes said among themselves, This man has no respect for God.

  • Mark 12:12
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    12 And they made attempts to take him; but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them; and they went away from him.

  • Luke 23:5
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    5 But they became more violent than before, saying, He has made trouble among the people, teaching through all Judaea from Galilee to this place.

  • Luke 20:2
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    2 That the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people came to him and said, Make clear to us by what authority you do these things and who gave you this authority.

  • John 7:46
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    46 The servants made answer, No man ever said things like this man.