"The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent of…" — John 7:32

John 7:32 · KJV

“The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.”

— John 7:32

Verse 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?

Verse 33

Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and {then} I go unto him that sent me.

John 7 — Context

Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

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.

Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and {then} I go unto him that sent me.

Ye shall seek me, and shall not find {me}: and where I am, {thither} ye cannot come.

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.

John 7:45-53

Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?

Matthew 12:23-24

And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?

Luke 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?

John 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.

Matthew 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.

John 11:47-48

Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.

John 12:19

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.