John 8:48

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Summary

John 8:48

Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?

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Thou

Hebrews 13:13

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upon this said the Jews to him, now we plainly perceive you are mad. Abraham is dead, and the prophets too; and yet you say, if a man observes your doctrine, he shall never die.

you call me master, and lord: and you are in the right; for so I am.

the prophecy of Esaias exactly suits such hypocrites as you;

you believe there is but one God, very well: the demons believe as much, and tremble."

Thou

but the woman of Samaria said to him, how is it that you who are a Jew, ask drink of me, who am a Samaritan? (for the Jews have no friendly intercourse with the Samaritans.)

for what do ye attempt to kill me? the people answered, saying, you are mad: who attempts to kill you?

for many of them said, he is possess'd with a demon, and is mad; why do you mind him?

if the disciple fare as well as his master, and the servant as his lord, is not that sufficient? if they style the master of the house Beelzebub, much more will they call his domestics so.

but the Pharisees upon hearing this said, he exorcizes devils, by virtue only of Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

for even Christ did not consult his own satisfaction; but as it is written, "the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me."

let us therefore decamp, and bear the reproach of following his example: