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John 7:44
And some of them had a desire to take him; but no man put hands on him.
John 7:44 · Bible in Basic English
John 7:44 in other translations
And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.
Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.
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In context
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.
44 And some of them had a desire to take him; but no man put hands on him.
45 Then the servants went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, Why have you not got him with you?
46 The servants made answer, No man ever said things like this man.
47 Then the Pharisees said to them, Have you, like the others, been given false ideas?
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