John 7:20

John 7:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
• New International Version (NIV)“You are demon-possessed,” the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)The crowd answered, "You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)The people answered and said, “You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?”

Context of John 7:20

18The one who speaks on his own seeks his own glory; but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him. 19Didn’t Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?” “You have a demon!” the crowd responded. “Who is trying to kill you?” 21“I performed one work, and you are all amazed,” Jesus answered. 22“This is why Moses has given you circumcision — not that it comes from Moses but from the fathers — and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

John 7:20 word by word

ἀπεκρίθη ὁ ὄχλος δαιμόνιον ἔχεις· τίς σε ζητεῖ ἀποκτεῖναι;¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The peopleὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• The peopleὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Thou hastἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• a devilδαιμόνιονdaimonion · demonG1140
• whoτίςtis · which?G5101
• goeth aboutζητέωzēteō · to seekG2212
• to killἀποκτείνωapokteinō · to killG615
• theeσύsu · youG4771

Cross-references for John 7:20

• John 8:48The Jews responded to him, “Aren’t we right in saying that you’re a Samaritan and have a demon?”
• John 10:20Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and he’s crazy. Why do you listen to him?”
• Matthew 10:25It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher and a slave like his master. If they called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more the members of his household!
• Matthew 11:18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’
• Matthew 12:24When the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man drives out demons only by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.”
• Mark 3:21When his family heard this, they set out to restrain him, because they said, “He’s out of his mind.”
• Acts 26:24As he was saying these things in his defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You’re out of your mind, Paul! Too much study is driving you mad.”

Commentaries on John 7:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Thou hast a devil - The crowd, who made this answer, were not in the secret of the chief priests. They could not suppose that any person desired to put him to death for healing a diseased man; and therefore, in their brutish manner, they say, Thou hast a demon - thou art beside thyself, and slanderest the people, for none of them desires to put thee to death. The Codex Cyprius (K), four others, and the margin of the later Syriac, attribute this answer to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20The people - Perhaps some of the people who were not aware of the designs of the rulers. Thou hast a devil - Thou art deranged or mad. See John 10:20. As they saw no effort to kill him, and as they were ignorant of the designs of the rulers, they supposed that this was the effect of derangement.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-24Verses 14-24 Every faithful minister may humbly adopt Christ's words. His doctrine is not his own finding out, but is from God's word, through the teaching of his Spirit. And amidst the disputes which disturb the world, if any man, of any nation, seeks to do the will of God, he shall know whether the doctrine is of God, or whether men speak of themselves. Only those who hate the truth shall be given up to errors which will be fatal. Surely it was as…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20You have a demon: See 8:48–52; 10:20–21.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2019-20. Did not Moses, &c.--that is, In opposing Me ye pretend zeal for Moses, but to the spirit and end of that law which he gave ye are total strangers, and in "going about to kill Me" ye are its greatest enemies.Read the comment

Topics related to John 7:20

• Demons
• Jesus, the Christ
• Persecution
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Commentaries on John 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings