John 10:20
Many of them said, "He is possessed by a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to him?"
Weymouth NT (1912)
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 because of these words.
21Others argued, "That is not the language of a demoniac: and can a demon open blind men's eyes?"
Cross References
Matthew 10:25Enough for the learner to be on a level with his teacher, and for the servant to be on a level with his master. If they have called the master of the house Baal-zebul, how much more will they slander his servants?
John 7:20"You are possessed by a demon," replied the crowd; "no one wants to kill you."
John 8:47He who is a child of God listens to God's words. You do not listen to them: and why? It is because you are not God's children."
John 9:28Then they railed at him, and said, "You are that man's disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
Acts 25:19But they quarrelled with him about certain matters connected with their own religion, and about one Jesus who had died, but--so Paul persistently maintained--is now 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 →