John 8:48

John 8:48 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
• New International Version (NIV)The Jews answered him, “Aren’t we right in saying that you are a Samaritan and demon-possessed?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Jews answered him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?”

Context of John 8:48

46None of you can show that I have done anything wrong. You should believe me, because I am telling you God's true message. 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.’ The Jews answered him, ‘What we say about you is right! You are from Samaria and you have a demon in you!’ 49Jesus replied, ‘There is no demon in me. I want people to know how great my Father is. But you want people to think bad things about me. 50I myself do not want people to praise me. But there is someone who wants people to praise me. He is the one who decides if I am right.

John 8:48 word by word

Ἀπεκρίθησαν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ· οὐ καλῶς λέγομεν ἡμεῖς ὅτι Σαμαρίτης εἶ σὺ καὶ δαιμόνιον ἔχεις;¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• weἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• notοὐou · noG3756
• wellκαλῶςkalōs · wellG2573
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• thouσύsu · youG4771
• artεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• a SamaritanΣαμαρείτηςSamareitēs · SamaritanG4541
• hastἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• a devilδαιμόνιονdaimonion · demonG1140

Cross-references for John 8:48

• John 8:52The Jews said, ‘Now we know that a demon lives in you! Abraham and all the prophets died. But you say, “Anyone who obeys my words will never know death!”
• John 13:13You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right. That is what I am.
• Matthew 15:7You are hypocrites! What God's prophet Isaiah wrote about you long ago is true:
• James 2:19You believe that there is only one God. That is good! But even the demons believe that! And it makes them very afraid.
• John 4:9The woman from Samaria said to him, ‘You are a Jew and I am a woman from Samaria. Why would you ask me to give you a drink?’ (The Jews usually do not talk to people who come from Samaria.)
• John 7:20The crowd answered, ‘You have a demon in you! Nobody is trying to kill you!’
• John 10:20Many of them said, ‘He has a demon in him and he is crazy. You should not listen to him!’
• Isaiah 49:7The Lord is Israel's Redeemer, their Holy God. Nations refuse to accept his servant. Their people hate him and their rulers have made him their slave. The Lord says to his servant, ‘Kings will see you and they will rise up to respect you. Princes will bend down low in front of you. They will see that the Lord is faithful. He is Israel's Holy God, who has chosen you to serve him.’
• Isaiah 53:3People did not respect him. They refused to accept him. He was a man who received much pain. He knew what it felt like to be weak and ill. People did not even want to look at him. They did not respect him. We decided that he was worth nothing.
• 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.
• Matthew 12:24The Pharisees also heard about what had happened. They said, ‘This man can send bad spirits out of people only because Beelzebul gives him authority. That is Satan, the one who rules all the bad spirits.’
• Romans 15:3Even Christ did not just do things that would make himself happy. It is written in the Bible that he said this: ‘People have insulted you, God. In that way they have also insulted me.’
• Hebrews 13:13Jesus died like that in a place where people insulted him. So we must go out to that place too. We must be ready for people to insult us, as they insulted him.

Commentaries on John 8:48

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 48Thou art a Samaritan - This was the same, among them, as heretic, or schismatic, among us. This is the only time in which the Jews gave our Lord this title of reproach; and they probably grounded it on his having preached among them, and lodged in their villages. See the account in John 4:39, John 4:40; but Samaritan, among them, meant a person unworthy of any credit. Hast a devil? - Art possessed by an evil spirit; and art, in consequence, deranged.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 48Say we not well - Say we not truly. Thou art a Samaritan - This was a term of contempt and reproach. See the notes at John 4:9. It had the force of charging him with being a heretic or a schismatic, because the Samaritans were regarded as such. And hast a devil - See John 7:20. This charge they brought against him because he had said that they were not of God or were not the friends of God. This they regarded as the same as taking sides with the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 48-53Verses 48-53 Observe Christ's disregard of the applause of men. those who are dead to the praises of men can bear their contempt. God will seek the honour of all who do not seek their own. In these verses we have the doctrine of the everlasting happiness of believers. We have the character of a believer; he is one that keeps the sayings of the Lord Jesus. And the privilege of a believer; he shall by no means see death for ever. Though now they cannot…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 48-49By calling Jesus a Samaritan with a demon, his opponents used a racial insult to dismiss his accusations (see study note on 4:4–6). They claimed Jesus was demon-possessed to counter his claim that they belonged to Satan (also 7:20; 8:52; 10:20; 8:44). Jesus rightly replied that these words were deeply offensive. In fact, it was a serious and unforgivable offense (Mark 3:22–29).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 48-5148-51. Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?--What intense and virulent scorn! (See He 12:3). The "say we not well" refers to Joh 7:20. "A Samaritan" means more than "no Israelite at all"; it means one who pretended, but had no manner of claim to the title--retorting perhaps, this denial of their true descent from Abraham.Read the comment

Topics related to John 8:48

• Demons
• Jesus, the Christ
• Persecution
• Self-Righteousness
• Slander

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Commentaries on John 8

• 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