en_tn_lite_do_not_use/jhn/07/43.md

So there arose a division in the crowds because of him

The crowds could not agree about who or what Jesus was.

but no one laid hands on him

To lay hands on someone is an idiom which means to grab him or to hold onto him. AT: "but no one grabbed him to arrest him" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)