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Selected Verse: John 8:48 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 8:48 |
Strong Concordance |
Then [3767] answered [611] the Jews [2453], and [2532] said [2036] unto him [846], Say [3004] we [2249] not [3756] well [2573] that [3754] thou [4771] art [1488] a Samaritan [4541], and [2532] hast [2192] a devil [1140]? |
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King James |
Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| 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. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Say we not well - Say we not truly.
Thou art a Samaritan - This was a term of contempt and reproach. See the notes at Joh 4:9. It had the force of charging him with being a heretic or a schismatic, because the Samaritans were regarded as such.
And hast a devil - See Joh 7:20. This charge they brought against him because he had said that they were not of God or were not the friends of God. This they regarded as the same as taking sides with the Samaritans, for the question between the Jews and Samaritans was, which of them worshipped God aright, Joh 4:20. As Jesus affirmed that the Jews were not of God, and as he, contrary to all their views, had gone and preached to the Samaritans John 4, they regarded it as a proof that he was disposed to take part with them. They also regarded it as evidence that he had a devil. The devil was an accuser or calumniator and as Jesus charged them with being opposed to God, they considered it as proof that he was influenced by such an evil spirit.
devil - In the original, demon. Not the prince or chief of the devils, but an evil spirit. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
devil
demon.
(See Scofield) - (Mat 7:22). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Say we not well
Indicating a current reproach. Well (καλῶς) is literally, finely, beautifully. Sometimes ironical, as Mar 7:6.
Thou art a Samaritan (Σαμαρείτης εἶ σὺ)
Literally, a Samaritan art thou: the σὺ, thou, terminating the sentence with a bitter emphasis: thou who professest such reverence for God and His law, art only a Samaritan, hostile to the true law and kingdom of God. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| 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? |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
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. |
20 The people [3793] answered [611] and [2532] said [2036], Thou hast [2192] a devil [1140]: who [5101] goeth about [2212] to kill [615] thee [4571]?
3 For [1063] consider [357] him that endured [5278] such [5108] contradiction [485] of [5259] sinners [268] against [1519] himself [846], lest [3363] ye be wearied [2577] and faint [1590] in your [5216] minds [5590].
20 Our [2257] fathers [3962] worshipped [4352] in [1722] this [5129] mountain [3735]; and [2532] ye [5210] say [3004], that [3754] in [1722] Jerusalem [2414] is [2076] the place [5117] where [3699] men ought [1163] to worship [4352].
20 The people [3793] answered [611] and [2532] said [2036], Thou hast [2192] a devil [1140]: who [5101] goeth about [2212] to kill [615] thee [4571]?
9 Then [3767] saith [3004] the woman [1135] of Samaria [4542] unto him [846], How is it that [4459] thou [4771], being [5607] a Jew [2453], askest [154] drink [4095] of [3844] me [1700], which am [5607] a woman [1135] of Samaria [4542]? for [1063] the Jews [2453] have [4798] no [3756] dealings [4798] with the Samaritans [4541].
22 Many [4183] will say [2046] to me [3427] in [1722] that [1565] day [2250], Lord [2962], Lord [2962], have we [4395] not [3756] prophesied [4395] in thy [4674] name [3686]? and [2532] in thy [4674] name [3686] have cast out [1544] devils [1140]? and [2532] in thy [4674] name [3686] done [4160] many [4183] wonderful works [1411]?
6 He answered [611] and [1161] said [2036] unto them [846], [3754] Well [2573] hath Esaias [2268] prophesied [4395] of [4012] you [5216] hypocrites [5273], as [5613] it is written [1125], This [3778] people [2992] honoureth [5091] me [3165] with their lips [5491], but [1161] their [846] heart [2588] is [568] far [4206] from [575] me [1700].
40 So [3767] when [5613] the Samaritans [4541] were come [2064] unto [4314] him [846], they besought [2065] him [846] that he would tarry [3306] with [3844] them [846]: and [2532] he abode [3306] there [1563] two [1417] days [2250].
39 And [1161] many [4183] of the Samaritans [4541] of [1537] that [1565] city [4172] believed [4100] on [1519] him [846] for [1223] the saying [3056] of the woman [1135], which testified [3140], [3754] He told [2036] me [3427] all [3956] that ever [3745] I did [4160].