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John 7:20 KJV
John · chapter 7 · verse 20
The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?John 7:20 · King James Version
John 7:20 in context
18He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
19Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
20The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
21Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
22Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- answeredapokrinomaito give an answer to a question proposed, to answer, to begin to speak, but always where…G611 →
- peopleochlosa crowd, a casual collection of people, a multitude of men who have flocked together in…G3793 →
- devildaimonionthe divine power, deity, divinity, a spirit, a being inferior to God, superior to men…G1140 →
- aboutzēteōto seek in order to find, to seek a thing, to seek [in order to find out] by thinking…G2212 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- killapokteinōto kill in any way whatever, to destroy, to allow to perish, metaph. to extinguish…G615 →
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Here is, I. Christ's public preaching in the temple (Joh 7:14): He went up into the temple, and taught, according to his custom when he was at Jerusalem. His business was to preach the gospel of the kingdom, and he did it in every place of concourse.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-36