“ The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee? ”
The 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...
The Secret Visit. Soon, however, He receives the Divine intimation, for which He always waits ( cf. John 2:4 , John 11:6 f.) and goes up secretly. The Jews are discussing Him, and various opini...
devil . demon. Compare Matthew 11:18 .
20. Thou hast a devil. The meaning is, “Thou art mad;” for it was a customary phrase among the Jews, who had been trained to the doctrine that, when men are excited to rage, or when they hav...
The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee? Thou hast a devil - The crowd, who made this answer, were not in the secret of the chief priests. They could not suppose...
The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil:— "The common people, especially those who came from the country to the feast, knowing nothing of the plot against him, and being under the influence...
The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee? The people, [ ho ( G3588 ) ochlos ( G3793 ), 'The multitude'] answered and said, Thou hast a devil: w...
The Feast of Tabernacles John 7:1 to John 10:21 . Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles, October, 28 a.d. After the discourse of John 6 , delivered just before Passover 28 a.d., Jesus did not go...
The people. — They know that the rulers have sought for Him ( John 7:11 ), but are not aware of their intention to kill Him. When this is referred to, it is “by some of them of Jerusalem” ( John 7:...
Chapter 16 JESUS DISCUSSED IN JERUSALEM. “And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for He would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill Him. Now the feast of the Jews, the feast...
How to Know the Truth of Jesus' Word John 7:14-24 Jesus now went up to the feast, not because he was prompted by the worldly policy suggested by His brethren, but because He was led by His Fath...
So far, John has recorded incidents in the first year of our Lord's ministry. We now come to a comparatively brief section in which he records happenings happenings in the central and crowded two yea...
But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. (11) Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? (12) And there was mu...
The people answered and said ,.... These seem to be the country people, who came from Galilee and other parts, who knew nothing of the designs of the Jerusalem Jews upon him; nor were they his downr...
The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee? Ver. 20. Thou hast a devil ] This he passeth by as a frontless slander, not worth refuting, but proceeds to maintain...
Did not Moses give you the law As if he had said, But you are unrighteous; for you violate the very law for which you profess so much zeal. There is a remarkable beauty in this sudden turn of the s...
HIS BROTHERS UNBELIEVING (vs.1-9) The Lord continued for a time in Galilee. He would not then return to Judea because of the Jews' murderous intentions. This was certainly not fear, but sober, lo...
Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles. 14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. 15 And the Jew...
The Jews had an opinion, that whosoever was beside himself, and talked distractedly, was influenced with an evil spirit; so as, Thou hast a devil, is no more than, Thou art mad; unless we will take...
Jesus Teaches Openly In The Temple And Pleads For Right Judgment ( John 7:14-24 ). But whilst Jesus was taking every precaution He knew that He could not allow His own safety to hinder the proclam...
EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 7:14 . Now about the midst, etc. —The middle of the feast, or “the lesser feast.” It was the fourth day of the feast most likely. Taught. —For the first time...
devil demon. ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 7:22 ).
John 7:14 . Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. He was no coward, so he boldly showed himself in the midst of the throng in the temple. John 7:15 . And...
John 7:1 . He would not walk in Jewry, or Judea, because the jews sought to kill him. Herod had recently beheaded John, pleading the magnitude of his auditories; now, the jews magnified the same...
Did not Moses give you the law? Murder in desire The desire to kill Christ I. WAS INCONSISTENT WITH THEIR RELIGIOUS PROFESSION. They professedly believed in Moses, and esteemed him highly. B...
EXPOSITION Ch. 7-10. contain the record of the conflict between faith and unbelief in the metropolis. At first the narrative indicates a vast amount of critical inquiry, of unsettled opinion, of...
The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil; who goeth about to kill Thee?
Acts 26:24 ; John 10:20 ; John 8:48 ; John 8:52 ; Mark 3:21 ; Mark 3:22 ; Mark 3:30 ; Matthew 10:25 ; Matthew 11:18 ; Matthew 11:19 ; Matthew 12:24
The people answered, Thou hast a devil — A lying spirit. Who seeketh to kill thee? — These, coming from distant parts, probably did not know the design of the priests and rulers.