John 10:21 KJV — MannaFest

John 10:21

Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?

KJV

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ASV

Others said, These are not the sayings of one possessed with a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?

WEB

But others replied, “These are not the words of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

YLT

others said, `These sayings are not those of a demoniac; is a demon able blind men's eyes to open?'

DBT

Others said, These sayings are not [those] of one that is possessed by a demon. Can a demon open blind people's eyes?

About this book

New Testament

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John — The Gospel of sevens and signs. Seven signs, seven 'I AM' sayings, a prologue and an epilogue — written 'that ye might believe' (20:31).

Author: John the Apostle (2nd-century patristic attribution + internal claims)
Date: c. AD 85–95

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10 verses on the floor

Exodus 4:11
And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord?
Isaiah 35:5–6
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Matthew 11:5
The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Psalms 94:9
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Matthew 4:24
And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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There was a division . . . again among the Jews for these sayings--the light and the darkness revealing themselves with increasing clearness in the separation of the teachable from the obstinately prejudiced.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

These are not the words - The word in the original takes in actions too.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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