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John 7:20

18 He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.

19 Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”

“You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”

21 Jesus answered them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.

22 But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
“You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”
KJV
The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
WEB
The multitude answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?”
ASV
The multitude answered, Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to kill thee?
DARBY
The crowd answered [and said], Thou hast a demon: who seeks to kill thee?
BLB
The crowd answered, “You have a demon. Who seeks to kill You?”
ÅB
Folket svarte: Du er besatt; hvem står deg etter livet?
OTB
Folkemengden svarte: «Du har en demon! Hvem prøver å drepe deg?»
B1930
Folket svarte: Du er besatt; hvem står dig efter livet?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • John 10:20

    Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”

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  • John 8:48

    The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”

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  • Mark 3:21–22

    When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”

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  • John 8:52

    “Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.

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  • Mark 3:30

    Jesus made this statement because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

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  • Matthew 11:18–19

    For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

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  • Matthew 12:24

    But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”

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  • Acts 26:24

    At this stage of Paul’s defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You are insane, Paul! Your great learning is driving you to madness!”

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