John 7:20 (WEB)
The multitude answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?”
Fathers and councils · 19
Gregory of Nyssa
“And again, He says to them, “Are ye angry at Me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the Sabbath day?”” — editor's note: S. John vii. 20
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Mark
“For in another place, the Jews said of the Lord, that He had a devil [John 7:20], without however His saying any thing there about the blasphemy against the Spirit; and the reason is, that they did not there cast in His teeth the…” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“He was reproached with, “Thou hast a devil,” who was Himself casting out the devils.” — editor's note: John vii. 20, viii. 48.
Read the whole comment“For in another place also the Jews said of the Lord that He had a devil, yet He spake nothing there of the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit; because they did not so bring forward the mention of the unclean spirit as that he could be…” — editor's note: John vii. 20 and viii. 48.
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John Chrysostom
“And that saying, “Thou hast a devil” ( John viii. 48, vii. 20 ), was uttered by those who already believed.” — the author cites it
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Read the whole comment“For they before had said, “Thou hast a devil, who seeketh to kill thee?” ( c. vii. 20 ); and again, “Said we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?” ( c. viii. 48 ); and here, “He hath a devil and is mad, why hear ye him?”” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For whereas they had said of John, “he hath a devil,”they stopped not at this, but said the very same again concerning Him,taking as He did the opposite course; thus were they forever carried about into conflicting opinions.” — editor's note: John vii. 20; viii. 48, 52; x. 20.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
The Jews brought two charges against Christ; one, that He broke the sabbath; the other, that He said God was His Father, making Himself equal with God. The latter He confirmed first by shewing, that He did nothing in…
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Or He means to say, that if they kept the law, they would see Him pointed to in every part of it, and would not seek to kill Him, when He came. The people return an answer quite away from the subject, and only…
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Wherein He left us an example to take it patiently, whenever wrong censures are passed upon us, and not answer them by asserting the truth, though able to do so, but rather by some wholesome advice to the persons; as…
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As if He said, What if ye saw all My works? For all that they saw going on in the world was of His working, but they saw not Him Who made all things. But He did one thing, made a man whole on the sabbath day, and…
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Ye marvel, i. e. are disturbed, are in commotion. Observe how well He argues with them from the law. He wishes to prove that this work was not a violation of the law; and shews accordingly that there are many things…
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As if He said, Ye have done well to receive circumcision from Moses, not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers; for Abraham first received circumcision from the Lord. And ye circumcise on the sabbath. Moses has…
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Circumcision was given for three reasons; first, as a sign of Abraham’s great faith; secondly, to distinguish the Jews from other nations; thirdly, that the receiving of it on the organ of virility, might admonish us…
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Which is as much as to tell them, The breaking of the sabbath in circumcision is a keeping of the law; and in the same way I by healing on the sabbath have kept the law. Ye, who are not the legislators, enforce the…
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Circumcision also was perhaps a type of our Lord Himself. For what is circumcision but a robbing of the flesh, to signify the robbing the heart of its carnal lusts. And therefore it was not without reason that it was…
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He does not say, however, I have done a greater work than circumcision; but only states the matter of fact, and leaves the judgment to them, saying, Judge not according to the appearance, but Judge righteous…
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What our Lord here tells us to avoid, in judging by the person, is very difficult in this world not to do. His admonition to the Jews is an admonition to us as well; for every sentence which our Lord uttered, was…
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Cross-references · 9
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 7:19–24 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 3:23–30 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 3:23–30 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 3:23–30 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 3:23–30 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 3:23–30 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 3:23–30 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 3:23–30 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 3:23–30 (Catena Aurea).