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?
• 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?”
• New Living Translation (NLT)Some said, “He’s demon possessed and out of his mind. Why listen to a man like that?”

Context of John 10:20

18No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.” 19The Jews who heard these words were again divided. Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and raving mad. Why listen to him?” 21But others said, “These are not the sayings of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?” 22Then came the Festival of Dedication at 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 7:20“You are demon-possessed,” the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?”
• John 8:48The Jews answered him, “Aren’t we right in saying that you are a Samaritan and demon-possessed?”
• Matthew 9:34But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that he drives out demons.”
• Matthew 10:25It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
• Mark 3:21When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”
• Acts 26:24At this point Festus interrupted Paul’s defense. “You are out of your mind, Paul!” he shouted. “Your great learning is driving you insane.”
• John 7:46“No one ever spoke the way this man does,” the guards replied.
• John 8:47Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
• John 9:28Then they hurled insults at him and said, “You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses!
• Isaiah 53:8By oppression and judgment he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was punished.
• Acts 18:14Just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to them, “If you Jews were making a complaint about some misdemeanor or serious crime, it would be reasonable for me to listen to you.
• Acts 25:19Instead, they had some points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a dead man named Jesus who Paul claimed was alive.
• Acts 26:30The king rose, and with him the governor and Bernice and those 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

Topics related to John 10:20

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

In the dictionaries

• Fold
• Lay
• Madness
• Sanctify
• Thief
• God
• Jesus Christ
• John, Gospel of
• Oil
• Sheep Tending

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