John 10:20
Then many of them were saying: “He has a demon or he is insane. Why do you listen him?”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
In Context
19A dissension occurred again among the Jews because of these words.
Cross References
Isaiah 53:8He was lifted up from anguish and judgment. Who will describe his life? For he has been cut off from the land of the living. Because of the wickedness of my people, I have struck him down.
Matthew 10:25It is sufficient for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant, like his master. If they have called the Father of the family, ‘Beelzebub,’ how much more those of his household?
John 7:20Why are you seeking to kill me?” The crowd responded and said: “You must have a demon. Who is seeking to kill you?”
John 8:47Whoever is of God, hears the words of God. For this reason, you do not hear them: because you are not of God.”
John 9:28Therefore, they cursed him and said: “You be his disciple. But we are disciples of Moses.
Acts 25:19Instead, they brought against him certain disputes about their own superstition and about a certain Jesus, who had died, but whom Paul asserted to be alive.
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 →