John 10:20

John 10:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
• New International Version (NIV)Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and raving mad. Why listen to him?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to him?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And many of them said, “He has a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to Him?”

Context of John 10:20

18Nobody can take my life away from me. Instead, I myself can choose to die. I have authority to do that. I also have authority to become alive again. My Father has said that I must do that.’ 19Again, the Jews could not agree about these things that Jesus said. Many of them said, ‘He has a demon in him and he is crazy. You should not listen to him!’ 21But other people said, ‘A man with a demon in him could not teach like this! A demon could not make blind people able to see!’ 22It was the time for the Jewish Festival called Hanukkah. This happened in Jerusalem. It was winter.

John 10:20 word by word

ἔλεγον δὲ πολλοὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν· δαιμόνιον ἔχει καὶ μαίνεται· τί αὐτοῦ ἀκούετε;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• many of themπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• He hathἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• a devilδαιμόνιονdaimonion · demonG1140
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• is madμαίνομαιmainomai · to raveG3105
• whyτίςtis · which?G5101
• hear yeἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• ·ἐκek ex · out fromG1537

Cross-references for John 10:20

• John 7:20The crowd answered, ‘You have a demon in you! Nobody is trying to kill you!’
• John 8:48The Jews answered him, ‘What we say about you is right! You are from Samaria and you have a demon in you!’
• Matthew 9:34But the Pharisees said, ‘This man can send bad spirits out of people because Satan gives him authority. Satan is the one who rules the bad spirits.’
• Matthew 10:25A student should be happy if he becomes like his teacher. A servant should be happy if he becomes like his master. People have called me, the master of the house, Beelzebul. You are like those people who live in my house. So do not be surprised when people call you even worse names than they call me.
• Mark 3:21People told his family what was happening. So they went to take him away with them. They thought that Jesus was crazy.
• Acts 26:24While Paul was still speaking to Agrippa, Festus shouted at him, ‘Paul, your mind is confused! You have learned many things. But all these things are making you crazy.’
• John 7:46The officers answered, ‘Nobody has ever spoken great things like this man speaks.’
• John 8:47Someone who belongs to God accepts God's message. But you do not belong to God. That is why you do not accept his message.’
• John 9:28Then the leaders were very angry with him. They shouted at him, ‘No, it is you! You are that man's disciple. But we are disciples of Moses.
• Isaiah 53:8They spoke lies to accuse him in court. Then they led him away to kill him. And nobody at that time said that it was wrong. His life in this world quickly came to an end. And it was the sins of our own people that caused him to die.
• Acts 18:14Paul was ready to speak, but Gallio spoke first to the Jews. He said, ‘If this man had done a very bad thing, then I would judge him. It would be right for me to listen to you.
• Acts 25:19Instead, they were arguing with Paul about what the Jews teach about God. They were arguing about a man who is called Jesus. Jesus had died. But Paul was saying that he is alive.
• Acts 26:30Then King Agrippa, the ruler Festus, and Bernice all got ready to leave. Everyone else there also stood up.

Commentaries on John 10:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20He hath a devil, and is mad - So, then, a demoniac and a madman were not exactly the same in the apprehension of the Jews; no more than the effect is the same with the cause which produces it. Some will have it that, when the Jews told our Lord that he had a demon, they meant no more than that he was deranged; but here these matters are evidently distinguished. They believed him to be possessed by a demon, who deranged his faculties, and that he must have…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20He hath a devil - John 7:20. Is mad - Is deranged, or a maniac. His words are incoherent and unintelligible.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-21Verses 19-21 Satan ruins many, by putting them out of conceit with the word and ordinances. Men would not be laughed out of their necessary food, yet suffer themselves thus to be laughed out of what is far more necessary. If our zeal and earnestness in the cause of Christ, especially in the blessed work of bringing his sheep into his fold, bring upon us evil names, let us not heed it, but remember our Master was thus reproached before us.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-21Jesus divided his audience yet again (see also 6:66–69; 7:43; 9:16). His words and actions led people to one of two responses: opposition or faith. He is demon-possessed: Compare 7:20; 8:48–49, 52.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2119-21. There was a division ... again among the Jews for these sayings--the light and the darkness revealing themselves with increasing clearness in the separation of the teachable from the obstinately prejudiced. The one saw in Him only "a devil and a madman"; the other revolted at the thought that such words could come from one possessed, and sight be given to the blind by a demoniac; showing clearly that a deeper impression had been made upon them than…Read the comment

Topics related to John 10:20

• Demons
• Insanity
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Persecution
• Slander

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Commentaries on John 10

• 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
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings