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 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 Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.” 19Therefore there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings. And many of them said, “He has a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to Him?” 21Others said, “These are not the words of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?” 22Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and 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 people answered and said, “You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?”
• John 8:48Then the 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 said, “He casts out demons by the ruler of the demons.”
• Matthew 10:25It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household!
• Mark 3:21But when His own people heard about this, they went out to lay hold of Him, for they said, “He is out of His mind.”
• Acts 26:24Now as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are beside yourself! Much learning is driving you mad!”
• John 7:46The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this Man!”
• John 8:47He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.”
• John 9:28Then they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples.
• Isaiah 53:8He was taken from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
• Acts 18:14And when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or wicked crimes, O Jews, there would be reason why I should bear with you.
• Acts 25:19but had some questions against him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who had died, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
• Acts 26:30When he had said these things, the king stood up, as well as the governor and Bernice and those who sat 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

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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