John 7:20

The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil; who goeth about to kill Thee?

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 J...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 secret...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

devil . demon. Compare Matthew 11:18 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 th...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 s...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 t...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee? The people, [ ho ( G3588 ) ochlos ( G3793 ), 'The m...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 , deliver...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 b...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 happen...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 f...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 th...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 sla...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 i...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles. 14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus wen...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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,...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 co...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘The crowds answered, ‘you have a demon. Who is seeking to kill you?' This suggestion upset the people who were listening. They may well have been s...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 t...
Scofield Reference Notes

devil demon. ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 7:22 ).
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 mids...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 de...

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Related Commentaries of John 7:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

John 7:20