King James Version
John 7:20 in the King James Version says “The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?” — study this verse from John chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?”
John 7:20 · KJV
He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“answered”
G611to conclude for oneself, i.e., (by implication) to respond; by hebraism (compare h6030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected)
“The people”
G3793a throng (as borne along); by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“Thou hast”
G2192to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio
“goeth about”
G2212to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by hebraism) to worship (god), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life)
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