John 10:20-22
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
20 And many of them were saying, “He has a demon, and He is mad. Why are you listening-to Him?” 21 Others[a] were saying, “These words are not from one being demon-possessed. A demon is not able to open the eyes of blind ones, is he?”
During The Festival of Hanukkah, Jesus Says He And The Father Are One
22 Then the Festival-of-Dedication[b] took place in Jerusalem. It was winter.
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- John 10:21 So the case of the man born blind (9:1-10:21) comes down to this: Is Jesus empowered by God or Satan?
- John 10:22 That is, Hanukkah, the Feast of Lights, commemorating the rededication of the temple by Judas Maccabaeus in 165 b.c. after it had been desecrated by Antiochus Epiphanes.
John 10:20-22
New International Version
20 Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed(A) and raving mad.(B) Why listen to him?”
21 But others said, “These are not the sayings of a man possessed by a demon.(C) Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”(D)
Further Conflict Over Jesus’ Claims
22 Then came the Festival of Dedication[a] at Jerusalem. It was winter,
Footnotes
- John 10:22 That is, Hanukkah
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