John 8:49
Jeshu said to them, I have no devil; but my Father I honour, and you debase me.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.
In Context
48The Jihudoyee answered and say to him, Did we not well say, Thou art a Shomroya, and hast a devil?
50But I seek not my own glory; He is, who seeketh and judgeth.
Cross References
John 8:29And he who sent me is with me: my Father hath not left me alone; for whatever is pleasing to him I do at all time.
John 12:28but on account of this have I come unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name. And the voice was heard from heaven, I have glorified, and again I glorify.
John 14:13And whatsoever you shall ask in my name, I will do for you, that the Father may be glorified in his Son.
Philippians 2:6who, when he was in the form of Aloha, considered this not to be robbery, (this, namely,) that he was the co-equal of Aloha:
Matthew Henry on John 8:49-51
Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. 50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. Here is, I. The malice of hell breaking out in the base language which the unbelieving Jews gave to our Lord Jesus. Hitherto they had cavilled at his doctrine, and had made invidious remarks upon it; but, having… Read the whole commentary →