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John 7:20
20The crowd answered [and said], Thou hast a demon: who seeks to kill thee?
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
18He that speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him that has sent him, he is true, and unrighteousness is not in him. 19Has not Moses given you the law, and no one of you practises the law? Why do ye seek to kill me? The crowd answered [and said], Thou hast a demon: who seeks to kill thee? 21Jesus answered and said to them, I have done one work, and ye all wonder. 22Therefore Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and ye circumcise a man on sabbath.
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ἀπεκρίθη ὁ ὄχλος δαιμόνιον ἔχεις· τίς σε ζητεῖ ἀποκτεῖναι;¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for John 7:20
- John 8:48The Jews answered and said to him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan and hast a demon?
- John 10:20but many of them said, He has a demon and raves; why do ye hear him?
- Matthew 10:25[It is] sufficient for the disciple that he should become as his teacher, and the bondman as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household?
- Matthew 11:18For John has come neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.
- Matthew 12:24But the Pharisees, having heard [it], said, This [man] does not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub, prince of demons.
- Mark 3:21And his relatives having heard [of it] went out to lay hold on him, for they said, He is out of his mind.
- Acts 26:24And as he answered for his defence with these things, Festus says with a loud voice, Thou art mad, Paul; much learning turns thee to madness.
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
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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
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