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Division Among the People

Text: John 7: 30-31

DIVISION AMONG THE PEOPLE         

The people had mixed responses as they listened to Jesus. Their hearts seem deeply conflicted.

“Therefore they sought to take Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. And many of the people believed in Him, and said, ‘When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?’”                          

John 7:30-31

1. “Therefore they sought to take Him”

a. This was one of the groups that responded.

b. This would be “The Jews”.

i. The rulers.

ii. The Jewish authorities who had stood in opposition all this time.

c. They sought to arrest Him.

i. To silence Him.

ii. To stop His influence on the multitude.

iii. They were even more determined to kill Him.

iv. They could not deny nor defeat His arguments.

2. “But no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.”

a. There was Divine Power to reckon with.

b. God had a time-line that could not be thwarted.

c. The hour of His death had not yet come.

d. Thus, they could not capture Jesus.

3. “And many of the people believed in Him”

a. These had listened carefully.

b. They seemed convinced that Jesus was to be believed in as the Messiah.

4. But there were still some doubts

a. They had seen the many “signs” that Jesus had performed.
These were powerful miracles that no one could easily duplicate.

b. They were certainly open to the great possibility that Jesus could be the Messiah.
They wondered if “The Messiah” that the Jews had said has not yet come would be able to perform more signs than Jesus!

经文：约翰福音 7：30-31

众人之间的分歧

当他们听耶稣的时候，众人的反应不同。他们的心似乎深受冲突。

“他们就想要捉拿耶稣，只是没有人下手，因为他的时候还没有到。但众人中间有好些信他的，说：‘基督来的时候，
他所行的神迹岂能比这人所行的更多吗？’ ”

《约翰福音 7：30-31》

1. “他们就想要捉拿耶稣”

a. 这是作出回应的群体之一

b. 这是 “犹太人”

i. 官长

ii. 一直反对的犹太官府

c. 他们试图逮捕祂

i. 使祂沉默

ii. 阻止祂对众人的影响

iii. 他们更决心杀死祂

iv. 他们不能否认也不能击败祂的论点

2. “只是没有人下手，因为他的时候还没有到”

a. 神圣的大能必须有所考虑

b. 上帝有一个不能被挫败的时间线

c. 祂的死亡时刻尚未到来

d) 因此他们无法捕捉耶稣

3. “但众人中间有好些信他的”

a. 这些人仔细聆听过

b. 他们似乎相信耶稣是弥赛亚

4. 但仍有一些疑点

a.  他们看到了耶稣所行的许多 “神迹”

这些强大的神迹，没有人可以轻易地重复而行。

b. 他们持开放态度，愿意考虑耶稣就是弥赛亚的可能性

他们想知道犹太人所说 “还未来临的弥赛亚” 所行的神迹，是否能够比耶稣所行的更多！