John 10:20
Many of them said, He hath a demon, and is mad; why do ye hear him?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
In Context
19Again there arose a division among the Jews on account of these words.
Cross References
Isaiah 53:8By oppression and punishment he was taken away, And who in his generation would consider That he was cut off from the land of the living, That for the transgression of my people he was smitten?
Matthew 10:25It is enough for the disciple to be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they so call those of his household!
John 7:20The multitude answered, Thou hast a demon! Who seeketh to kill thee?
John 8:47He that is of God heareth God's words; for this cause ye do not hear, because ye are not of God.
John 9:28They reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are disciples of Moses.
Acts 25:19but had against him certain questions of their own religion, and of one Jesus that was dead, whom Paul affirmed 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 →