What Does John 10:19 Mean in the King James?
There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
“Division” is a tear among the hearers: the same sayings expose a fault line in how they receive Jesus.
THE MEANING
These sayings reach you now, and the same words do not settle every hearer into one response. Their reception exposes a split in how Jesus is seen.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
Hearing the same words does not guarantee seeing the same thing.
THE ROOT
σχίσμα
schisma
GROWS FROM
σχιζ-
schiz-
to split or tear
The Greek word for division belongs to the family of words for splitting or tearing. English can make this sound like mere disagreement; the root gives it the force of a tear opening among people as they hear the same sayings.
ALSO GROWS
schizō: to split or tear
σχίζω
This verb names the action behind the division: the hearers are split apart.
schisma: a split, rent, or division
σχίσμα
This noun names the tear that appears among the hearers in the verse.
THE PATTERN
A saying about Jesus can become the point where hearers divide over what they see.
So there was a division among the people because of him.Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.THE THREAD
So there was a division among the people because of him.Both verses use the same Greek word for a split or tear. John 10:19 says this happens “again”: the sayings around Jesus repeatedly become the seam where hearers part ways.
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