John 8:48

Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?

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Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Then	οὖν oun	G3767	(adverbially) certainly · conjunction
answered	Ἀπεκρίθησαν Apekrithēsan	G611	to conclude for oneself · verb — aorist middle deponent indicative, 3rd person plural
Jews	Ἰουδαῖοι Ioudaioi	G2453	Judæan · noun — nominative plural masculine, a people name
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
said	εἶπαν eipan	G2036	to speak or say (by word or writing) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural
him	αὐτῷ· autō	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — dative singular masculine
Say	λέγομεν legomen	G3004	properly · verb — present active indicative, 1st person plural
we	ἡμεῖς hēmeîs	G2249	we (only used when emphatic)
not	οὐ ou	G3756	the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb · particle — negative
well	καλῶς kalōs	G2573	well (usually morally) · adverb
that	ὅτι hoti	G3754	demonstrative · conjunction
thou	σὺ su	G4771	thou · personal pronoun — 2nd person nominative singular
art	εἶ eî	G1488	thou art
Samaritan	Σαμαρίτης Samaritēs	G4541	a Samarite · noun — nominative singular masculine, a people or place name
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
hast	ἔχεις;¶ echeis	G2192	to hold (used in very various applications · verb — present active indicative, 2nd person singular
devil	δαιμόνιον daimonion	G1140	a dæmonic being · noun — accusative singular neuter

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Cross-references

John 7:20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
John 8:52 Then 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…
Matthew 10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye…
Matthew 10:25 It 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,…
Matthew 12:24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
Matthew 15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
John 4:9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews ha…
John 10:20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 8:48-50

Here is, I. The malice of hell breaking out in the base language which the unbelieving Jews gave to our Lord Jesus. Hitherto they had cavilled at his doctrine, and had made invidious remarks upon it; but, having shown themselves uneasy when he complained (Joh 8:43, Joh 8:47) that they would not hear him, now at length they fall to downright railing, Joh 8:48. They were not the common people, but, as it should seem, the scribes and Pharisees, the men of consequence, who, when they saw themselves convicted of an obstinate infidelity, scornfully turned off the conviction with this: Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? See here, see it and wonder, see it and tremble, 1. W…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 8:48

Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?--What intense and virulent scorn! (See Heb 12:3). The "say we not well" refers to Joh 7:20. "A Samaritan" means more than "no Israelite at all"; it means one who pretended, but had no manner of claim to the title--retorting perhaps, this denial of their true descent from Abraham.

Adam Clarke on John 8:48

Thou art a Samaritan - This was the same, among them, as heretic, or schismatic, among us. This is the only time in which the Jews gave our Lord this title of reproach; and they probably grounded it on his having preached among them, and lodged in their villages. See the account in Joh 4:39, Joh 4:40; but Samaritan, among them, meant a person unworthy of any credit. Hast a devil? - Art possessed by an evil spirit; and art, in consequence, deranged.

John Gill on John 8:48

Then answered the Jews, and said unto him,.... Being incensed to the last degree, that he should say they were of their father the devil, and not of God; and that he spoke the truth, and no one could convince him of sin: say we not well, that thou art a Samaritan? it seems they had said so before, though it is not recorded; and now they thought themselves justified in it, since he treated them, the true sons of Abraham, in such a manner; and the rather, since he had been lately among the Samaritans, and had in a parable spoken in favour of a Samaritan: they meant by this expression, that he was an irreligious man, and one that had no regard to the law of Moses; or at least played fast and l…

The Church Fathers

The Samaritans were hated by the Jews; they lived in the land that formerly belonged to the ten tribes, who had been carried away.
— Alcuin of York ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

But what the Truth says about the reprobate, the reprobate themselves show about themselves by their own works. For it follows: "The Jews therefore answered and said to him: Do we not say rightly that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?"
— Gregory the Dialogist, Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 18

He is called a Samaritan and a demoniac, but he saves him that came down from Jerusalem and fell among thieves. The demons acknowledge him, and yet he drives them out and runs legions of foul spirits into the sea and sees the prince of the demons falling like lightning.
— Gregory of Nazianzus, ON THE SON, THEOLOGICAL ORATION 3(29).20

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Dictionary and topics

Samaritans — The name given to the new and mixed inhabitants whom Esarhaddon (B.C. 677), the king of Assyria, brought from Babylon and other places and settled in the cities of Samaria, instead of the original…
Demons · Jesus falsely accused of being possessed of — Jesus falsely accused of being possessed of
Persecution · OF JESUS — OF JESUS
Reviling And Reproaching · Exemplified: Jews — Exemplified: Jews
Samaria, Modern · Inhabitants of: Abhorred by the Jews — Inhabitants of: Abhorred by the Jews
Self-Righteousness · .Pharisees — .Pharisees

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

John 8:48

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 8:48-50

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 8:48

Adam Clarke on John 8:48

John Gill on John 8:48

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John 8:48

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 8:48-50

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 8:48

Adam Clarke on John 8:48

John Gill on John 8:48

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on John 8:46-50

Tyndale Open Study Notes on John 8:48-49