John 10:21 BSB — MannaFest

John 10:21

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Not the words ... - His words are sober, grave, pious, full of wisdom. The preaching of Jesus always produced effect. It made bitter enemies or decided friends. So will all faithful preaching. It is not the fault of the gospel that there are divisions, but of the unbelief and mad passions of men.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

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

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἄλλοι	alloi	Others	G243 →
ἔλεγον·	elegon	were saying;	G3004 →
ταῦτα	tauta	These	G3778 →
τὰ	ta	<the>	G3588 →
ῥήματα	rhēmata	declarations	G4487 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔστιν	estin	are [those]	G1510 →
δαιμονιζομένου·	daimonizomenou	of one demonised;	G1139 →
μὴ	mē	Surely not	G3361 →
δαιμόνιον	daimonion	a demon	G1140 →
δύναται	dunatai	is able	G1410 →
τυφλῶν	tuphlōn	of [the] blind	G5185 →
ὀφθαλμοὺς	ophthalmous	[their] eyes	G3788 →
ἀνοῖξαι;¶	anoixai	to open?	G455 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 11:5
The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
leads to
- Isaiah 35:4–6
  Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
- Isaiah 61:1–3
  The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty…
- Isaiah 42:6–7
  “I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a…
- Luke 4:18
  “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight…
- Isaiah 29:18
  On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
Through
Exodus 4:11
And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
leads to
- Amos 3:6
  If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
- Isaiah 6:7
  And with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”
- Ezekiel 3:26–27
  I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious house.