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

18Those who speak their own thoughts are looking for their own glory. But the man who wants to bring glory to the one who sent him is a true teacher and doesn’t have dishonest motives. 19Didn’t Moses give you his teachings? Yet, none of you does what Moses taught you. So why do you want to kill me?” The crowd answered, “You’re possessed by a demon! Who wants to kill you?” 21Jesus answered them, “I performed one miracle, and all of you are surprised by it. 22Moses gave you the teaching about circumcision (although it didn’t come from Moses but from our ancestors). So you circumcise a male on a day of rest—a holy day.

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 replied to Jesus, “Aren’t we right when we say that you’re a Samaritan and that you’re possessed by a demon?”
• John 10:20Many of them said, “He’s possessed by a demon! He’s crazy! Why do you listen to him?”
• Matthew 10:25It is enough for a student to become like his teacher and a slave like his owner. If they have called the owner of the house Beelzebul, they will certainly call the family members the same name.
• Matthew 11:18“John came neither eating nor drinking, and people say, ‘There’s a demon in him!’
• Matthew 12:24When the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man can force demons out of people only with the help of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons.”
• Mark 3:21When his family heard about it, they went to get him. They said, “He’s out of his mind!”
• Acts 26:24As Paul was defending himself in this way, Festus shouted, “Paul, you’re crazy! Too much education is driving you crazy!”

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