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John 8:48
Then answered the Jews and said unto Him, Say we not well that Thou art a Samaritan and hast a devil?
Then answered the Jews and said unto Him, Say we not well that Thou art a Samaritan and hast a devil?
Verse 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 probabl...
SAY WE NOT WELL - Say we not truly. THOU ART A SAMARITAN - This was a term of contempt and reproach. See the notes at John 4:9. It had the force of charging him with being a heretic or a schismatic,...
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The Woman Taken in Adultery. (John 8:1 .)_ 2. The Light of the World. (John 8:12 .) 3. His Testimony Concerning Himself and the Father. (John 8:13 .) 4. His Solemn Declarations. ...
CONTROVERSY WITH THE JEWS WHO BELIEVED. Many are convinced by this appeal. The following section summarises the teaching by which Jesus tried to bring the more favourably disposed of the Jewish party...
THOU ART. SAMARITAN, AND HAST. DEVIL? They resort to the language of passion and vituperation. Of all men they hated the Samaritans most and hence this charge; they next accuse him, not of having. dev...
"Who of you can convict me of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe in me? He who is from God hears God's words. That is why you do not hear, because you are not from God." The Jews answer...
WRETCHEDNESS AND PITY (John 7:53 ; John 8:1-11)...
DEVIL. demon. Greek _daimonion._ Compare John 7:20....
John 8:12 TO JOHN 9:41. Christ the Source of Truth and Light In John 8:12-46 the word -true" occurs six times, the word -truth" seven times....
_Then answered the Jews_ The best MSS. omit the particle, which if it were genuine should be rendered -therefore," not -then:" THE JEWS ANSWERED. This denial of their national prerogative of being son...
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
13–59. A comparison of the discourses in Chapter s 5–8 shews how the conflict increases in intensity. In 5 and 6. Christ proceeds almost without interruption, and the Jews demur rather than contradict...
ΟἹ ἸΟΥΔΑΙ͂ΟΙ. Not those who for the moment believed on Him (John 8:31), but the hostile party as a whole. This denial of their national prerogative of being sons of God seems to them malicious frenzy....
VER 48. THEN ANSWERED THE JEWS, AND SAID TO HIM, SAY WE NOT WELL THAT YOU ARE A SAMARITAN, AND HAVE A DEVIL? 49. JESUS ANSWERED, I HAVE NOT A DEVIL; BUT I HONOR MY FATHER, AND YOU DO DISHONOR ME. 50....
_JESUS AND ABRAHAM -- JOHN 8:39-59:_ Jesus said these people wanted to kill Him for telling them the truth that God had given Him. The Jews claimed God as their father but they refused to obey Him. If...
ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΑΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать, ΚΑΛΏΣ (G2573) _adv._ хорошо. Имеется в виду: "разве мы не правы, когда говорим?" (Barrett). ΣΑΜΑΡΊΤΗΣ (G4541) самарянин, презрите...
THOU ART A SAMARITAN, &C.— The Jews and Samaritans bore a mortal hatred to each other on account of religion, as we have frequently observed: hence it came to pass, that in common language, _Couthi,_...
CHRIST DEFAMED _Text 8:48-59_ 48 The Jews answered and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon? 49 Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, an...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 8:33-59 The passage for our present consideration continues and completes the portion studied in our last chapter. It brings before us Christ as the Light reveal...
Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? THEN ANSWERED THE JEWS, AND SAID UNTO HIM, SAY WE NOT WELL THAT THOU ART A SAMARITAN, AND HAS...
12-29 Nothing would so swiftly and surely prove the undoing of an impostor as the claim that he always pleases God. Of all living, only One has been able to stand such a severe test. In the mouth of a...
To Jesus' declaration that His hearers are 'not of God,' i.e. not true Israelites, they retort that He Himself is 'a Samaritan,' i.e. a heretic. HAST A DEVIL] They cannot deny Christ's miracles or th...
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES CONTINUED. CHRIST THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD John 7:53 to John 8:11. The woman taken in adultery. All modern critics agree that this section is no original part of the Fourth Gosp...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 8 JESUS FORGIVES A WOMAN 8:1-11 V1 But Jesus walked to the place called the Hill of *Olives. V2 Early next morning, he...
SAY WE NOT WELL THAT THOU ART A SAMARITAN, AND HAST A DEVIL? — The words imply that the saying was customary among the Pharisees. The knowledge of this, and the simple way in which the fact is told, i...
CHAPTER 19 JESUS REJECTED IN JERUSALEM. “He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek Me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come. The Jews therefore said, Will He...
_Discussion between Jesus and the Jews regarding their paternity_....
THE ETERNAL CHRIST John 8:48-59 It is absolutely true that the Christian disciple does see death as the king of terrors or as a grim monster. Jesus has robbed death of its sting; He has destroyed Him...
The end of chapter 7 is closely linked with this, in that after declaring "every man went to his own house," the writer said, "But Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives." Here we have the story of a re...
(15) Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? (15) The enemies of Christ act bravely for a while, but the Father will appear in his time...
SIMPLICITY AND CANDOR OF JESUS John 8:48-52. _“The Jews responded, and said to Him, Do we not truly say that Thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?”_ The Jews hated the Samaritans so inveterately tha...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 30-50. 1. Whether the words of Jesus contained in these verses were spoken on the same day as those which precede (Meyer) or on the following day (Godet)...
4. “I AND YOU”: 8:30-59. Jesus, in His second discourse (John 8:12-20) attributed to Himself two modes of teaching: _testimony_, by which He reveals His origin, His mission, His work, and _judgment_,...
“ _The Jews therefore answered and said to him, Say we not rightly that thou art a Samaritan and art possessed by a demon?_ 49. _Jesus answered: I am not possessed by a demon, but I honor my Father, a...
Why do ye not understand my speech; even because ye cannot hear my word. (44) Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
_A BLASPHEMOUS CHARGE_ ‘Thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil.’ John 8:48 Here we see Christ our Lord accused of ‘having a devil’:—i.e. people accused Him of being _ Himself_ possessed by the Devi...
48._Do we not say well? _They show more and more how greatly they are stupified by Satan; for, though they are fully convicted, still they are enraged, and are not ashamed to show that they are utterl...
In chapter 8, as we have said, the word of Jesus is rejected; and, in chapter 9, His works. But there is much more than that. The personal glories of chapter 1 are reproduced and developed in all thes...
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...
Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? Ver. 48. _That thou art a Samaritan_] And why a Samaritan, think, but that they thought the wor...
_Then answered the Jews, Say we not well_ Have we not just cause to say; _Thou art a Samaritan_ An enemy to our church and nation; _and hast a devil?_ Art possessed by a proud and lying spirit? The Je...
A SAMARITAN; to a Jew one of the most disgraceful epithets that could be used. The Samaritans were greatly hated and despised as heretics and schismatics....
A WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY (vs.1-11) While others went to their homes, the Lord spent the night in the mount of Olives, away from all the words and thoughts of men, in the calm of His Father's prese...
48-53 Observe Christ's disregard of the applause of men. those who are dead to the praises of men can bear their contempt. God will seek the honour of all who do not seek their own. In these verses w...
A SAMARITAN signified to the Jews as much as an impostor, or seducer; for the Jews looked upon the Samaritans as a detestable sort of men, who had corrupted the worship of God with their horrible supe...
John 8:48 Then G3767 Jews G2453 answered G611 (G5662) and G2532 said G2036 (G5627) Him G846 we...
THE CHALLENGE COMES TO ITS CLIMAX BY JESUS REVEALING THAT HE IS THE ‘I AM' (JOHN 8:48). In this final section Jesus deals with their insults by facing them up with the issues of life and death, and t...
‘The Judaisers answered and said to him, “Do we not rightly say that you are a Samaritan and have a devil?” ' Turning to insults is the refuge of men who have been beaten in arguments, and the Judaise...
CHAPTER 8 JESUS - THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD AND THE ‘I AM' (JOHN 8:12). In this chapter Jesus is revealed as ‘the Light of the World'. This is a reminder of the one spoken of in the words of Isaiah, ‘the...
John 8:48. THE JEWS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, SAY WE NOT WELL THAT THOU ART A SAMARITAN, AND HAST A DEMON? To say that Jews were children of the devil seemed an insult, not to themselves only, but t...
The feast of Tabernacles is closed, and with it the great illumination of the temple-courts, of which the Jews were wont to boast in lofty terms. Starting from this, and from the fact that He is the t...
THOU ART A SAMARITAN AND HAST A DEMON (Σαμαρειτης ε συ κα δαιμονιον εχεις). On the spur of the moment in their rage and fury they can think of no meaner things to say. They know, of course, that Jes...
DEVIL demon. (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 7:22). _...
John 8:48 The Bad Mind makes a Bad Element I. This subject puts in a sad light of evidence what may well enough be called the weak point of Christianity viz., the fact that the souls to be saved will...
We will read, from the Revised Version, two passages which record attempts made to kill our Lord before his time had come. You will see, from the sermon, why we read them. (See Luke 4:16) John 8:37....
John 8:28. _Then said Jesus unto them;_ That is, to the Jews who were questioning and opposing him,- John 8:28. _When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do...
Christ thus spake to his adversaries. John 8:29. _And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone: for I do always those things that please him._ Brethren, what Christ could say, I...
John 8:31. _Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;_ For there were many, in Christ's day, coming to him for a while, and then...
CONTENTS: The woman taken in adultery. Discourse after the feast on Jesus as Light of the world. Satan, the original liar and murderer, and the Satanic brotherhood. CHARACTERS: Jesus, adulterous woma...
John 8:1. _Jesus went to the mount of Olives,_ where it is probable he slept in some booth in the gardens; and returned early to the temple, to preach to the people, before the commencement of public...
WERE WE NOT RIGHT? This is an insult! Samaritans were hated (see notes on John 4:5-9). Demon (see notes on Matthew 4:24; Matthew 8:29-32)....
_Then said Jesus unto those Jews which believed on Him._ A GLORIOUS LIBERATOR I. FREEDOM PROFFERED. 1. Sin makes bondage (John 8:34; Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13;...
_Say we not well that Thou art a Samaritan and hast a devil_ THE ANTI-DIABOLISM OF CHRIST I. CHRIST HONOURS THE FATHER; THE DEVIL DOES NOT (John 8:49). 1. How does Christ honour the Father? (1) By...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 8:48 SAMARITAN. See note on 4:4. ⇐ ⇔
VER. 37.. _know_, &c. By nature ye are Abraham's children, but in your deeds ye are degenerate. Your descent from Abraham will not therefore profit you. It will increase your damnation, for he will sa...
_The Jews answered and said_, &c. They used to say it, though it is written nowhere else. But why did they call Him a Samaritan? (1.) Because He associated with the Samaritans. (2.) Because He came fr...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 8:13. They forgot His vindication of Himself (John 5:31). John 8:14. EVEN IF I BEAR RECORD, ETC.—Although He was content to let the Father witness of Him, still...
EXPOSITION Verses 7:53-8:11 (8) _The pericope adulterae. _(A)_ Excursus on the genuineness of _John 7:53-43__John 7:53-43. It is our duty to examine the various grounds on which this passage has been...
Now Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives. And early in the morning he came again to the temple (John 8:1-2), Now the feast is over, but Jesus is returning to the temple on the next day. and all of th...
Hebrews 13:13; Isaiah 49:7; Isaiah 53:3; James 2:19; John 10:20;...
Say we not well. Indicating a current reproach. Well [κ α λ ω ς] is literally, finely, beautifully. Sometimes ironical, as Mark 7:6. Thou art a Samaritan [σ α μ α ρ ε ι τ η ς ε ι σ υ]. Literally, a S...
Say we not well — Have we not just cause to say, Thou art, a Samaritan — An enemy to our Church and nation; and hast a devil? — Art possessed by a proud and lying spirit?...