And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
Parallel translations
- WEB Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane! Why do you listen to him?”
- BSB Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”
- NKJV And many of them said, “He has a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to Him?”
- NASB Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?”
- NLT Some said, “He’s demon possessed and out of his mind. Why listen to a man like that?”
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Many accuse Jesus of being demon-possessed and insane, urging others not to listen. They dismiss His claims as madness.
Overview
Unable to refute His works, His opponents attack His sanity and attribute His words to a demon. This charge recurs in the Gospels against Jesus. It shows the hardness of those who reject the shepherd's voice.
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- John 7:20The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
- Mark 3:21And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
- John 8:52Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
- John 8:47–48He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
- John 7:46–52The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
- Acts 26:24And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
- Acts 25:19–20But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
- John 9:28–29Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples.
- Acts 18:14–15And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:
- Isa 53:8He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
- Matt 9:34But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.
- Matt 10:25It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
- Acts 26:30–32And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
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