John 10:19 Cross References

John 10:19

19: When he said these things, the people were again divided in their opinions about him.

Some of the Pharisees said, "This man Jesus is not from God, for he is working on the Sabbath." Others said, "But how could an ordinary sinner do such miraculous signs?" So there was a deep division of opinion among them.

"Don't imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! No, I came to bring a sword.
I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

This divided the council--the Pharisees against the Sadducees--
for the Sadducees say there is no resurrection or angels or spirits, but the Pharisees believe in all of these.
So a great clamor arose. Some of the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees jumped up to argue that Paul was all right. "We see nothing wrong with him," they shouted. "Perhaps a spirit or an angel spoke to him."
The shouting grew louder and louder, and the men were tugging at Paul from both sides, pulling him this way and that. Finally, the commander, fearing they would tear him apart, ordered his soldiers to take him away from them and bring him back to the fortress.

When the crowds heard him say this, some of them declared, "This man surely is the Prophet."
Others said, "He is the Messiah." Still others said, "But he can't be! Will the Messiah come from Galilee?
For the Scriptures clearly state that the Messiah will be born of the royal line of David, in Bethlehem, the village where King David was born."
So the crowd was divided in their opinion about him.

First of all, I hear that there are divisions among you when you meet as a church, and to some extent I believe it.

for you are still controlled by your own sinful desires. You are jealous of one another and quarrel with each other. Doesn't that prove you are controlled by your own desires? You are acting like people who don't belong to the Lord.

But the people of the city were divided in their opinion about them. Some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I have come to bring strife and division!
From now on families will be split apart, three in favor of me, and two against--or the other way around.
There will be a division between father and son, mother and daughter, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law."

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