John 8:48

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀπεκρίθησαν οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι, καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ, Οὐ καλῶς Λέγομεν ἡμεῖς ὅτι Σαμαρείτης εἶ σύ, καὶ δαιμόνιον ἔχεις;

Transliteration

Apekrithēsan oun the Ioudaioi, and eipon autō, Not kalōs Legomen hēmeis that Samareitēs ei sy, and daimonion echeis?

Grammar Details

*Apekrithēsan*: aorist passive, 3rd plural - they answered
*oun*: conjunction - therefore/then
*Ioudaioi*: nominative, masculine, plural - Jews
*eipon*: aorist active, 3rd plural - they said
*autō*: dative, masculine, singular - to him
*kalōs*: adverb - well/rightly
*Legomen*: present indicative, 1st plural - we say
*hēmeis*: nominative, plural - we
*Samareitēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - Samaritan
*ei*: present indicative, 2nd singular - you are
*sy*: nominative, singular - you
*daimonion*: accusative, neuter, singular - demon
*echeis*: present indicative, 2nd singular - you have

Word Meanings

*Ioudaioi*: Jews/Judeans/people of Judea
*kalōs*: well/rightly/properly
*Samareitēs*: Samaritan [ethnic insult in context]
*daimonion*: demon/evil spirit

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

John 7:20 : 20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
John 8:52 : 52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
John 4:9 : 9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
John 10:20 : 20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
John 13:13 : 13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
Rom 15:3 : 3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
Heb 13:13 : 13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
Jas 2:19 : 19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Isa 49:7 : 7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
Isa 53:3 : 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Matt 10:5 : 5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
Matt 12:24 : 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
Matt 12:31 : 31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
Matt 15:7 : 7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

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