New American Standard Bible 1995
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
18No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father.” 19A division occurred again among the Jews because of these words. Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?” 21Others were saying, “These are not the sayings of one demon-possessed. A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can he?” 22At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem;
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ἔλεγον δὲ πολλοὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν· δαιμόνιον ἔχει καὶ μαίνεται· τί αὐτοῦ ἀκούετε;Read the interlinear
Cross-references for John 10:20
- John 7:20The crowd answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?”
- John 8:48The Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?”
- Matthew 9:34But the Pharisees were saying, “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”
- Matthew 10:25It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign the members of his household!
- Mark 3:21When His own people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He has lost His senses.”
- Acts 26:24While Paul was saying this in his defense, Festus said in a loud voice, “Paul, you are out of your mind! Your great learning is driving you mad.”
- John 7:46The officers answered, “Never has a man spoken the way this man speaks.”
- John 8:47He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”
- John 9:28They reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
- Isaiah 53:8By oppression and judgment He was taken away; And as for His generation, who considered That He was cut off out of the land of the living For the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due?
- Acts 18:14But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrong or of vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you;
- Acts 25:19but they simply had some points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about a dead man, Jesus, whom Paul asserted to be alive.
- Acts 26:30The king stood up and the governor and Bernice, and those who were sitting with them,
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
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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
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