John 10:21
Others said, These are not the words of one who has an evil spirit. Is it possible for an evil spirit to make blind people see?
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
20And a number of them said, He has an evil spirit and is out of his mind; why do you give ear to him?
22Then came the feast of the opening of the Temple in Jerusalem: it was winter;
Cross References
Exodus 8:19Then the wonder-workers said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: but Pharaoh's heart was hard, and he did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.
Psalms 146:8The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;
Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.
Matthew 11:5The blind see; those who were not able to, are walking; lepers are made clean; those who were without hearing, now have their ears open; the dead come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.
John 9:32In all the years nobody has ever before seen the eyes of a man blind from birth made open.
Matthew Henry on John 10:20-22
Sentiments Concerning Christ. 19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. 20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? 21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? We have here an account of the people's different sentiments concerning Christ, on occasion of the foregoing discourse; there was a division, a schism, among them; they differed in their opinions, which threw them into heats and parties.… Read the whole commentary →