John 7:20
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Why seek you to kill me? The multitude answered and said: Thou hast a devil. Who seeketh to kill thee?

Thou.

John 8:48,52 The Jews therefore answered and said to him: Do not we say well that thou art a Samaritan and hast a devil? . . .

John 10:20 And many of them said: He hath a devil and is mad. Why hear you him?

Matthew 10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the good man of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household?

Matthew 11:18,19 For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say: He hath a devil. . . .

Matthew 12:24 But the Pharisees hearing it, said: This man casteth not out devils but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

Mark 3:21,22,30 And when his friends had heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him. For they said: He is become mad. . . .

Acts 26:24 As he spoke these things and made his answer, Festus said with a loud voice: Paul, thou art beside thyself: much learning doth make thee mad.

Context
Jesus Teaches at the Feast
19Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? 20Why seek you to kill me? The multitude answered and said: Thou hast a devil. Who seeketh to kill thee? 21Jesus answered and said to them: One work I have done: and you all wonder.…
Cross References
Matthew 9:34
But the Pharisees said, By the prince of devils he casteth out devils.

Matthew 11:18
For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say: He hath a devil.

John 8:48
The Jews therefore answered and said to him: Do not we say well that thou art a Samaritan and hast a devil?

John 8:49
Jesus answered: I have not a devil: but I honour my Father. And you have dishonoured me.

John 8:52
The Jews therefore said: Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets: and thou sayest: If any man keep my word, he shall not taste death for ever.

John 10:20
And many of them said: He hath a devil and is mad. Why hear you him?

Lexicon
“You have
ἔχεις (echeis)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

a demon,”
Δαιμόνιον (Daimonion)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 1140: An evil-spirit, demon; a heathen deity. Neuter of a derivative of daimon; a d?Monic being; by extension a deity.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

crowd
ὄχλος (ochlos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3793: From a derivative of echo; a throng; by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot.

replied.
Ἀπεκρίθη (Apekrithē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 611: From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.

“Who
τίς (tis)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

is trying
ζητεῖ (zētei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2212: To seek, search for, desire, require, demand. Of uncertain affinity; to seek; specially, to worship, or to plot.

to kill
ἀποκτεῖναι (apokteinai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 615: To put to death, kill; fig: I abolish. From apo and kteino; to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy.

You?”
σε (se)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.


Additional Translations
“You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”

The crowd answered, "You have a demon. Who seeks to kill You?"

The people answered and said, You have a devil: who goes about to kill you?

The multitude answered, Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to kill thee?

The crowd answered [and said], Thou hast a demon: who seeks to kill thee?

The multitude answered, Thou hast a devil: who seeketh to kill thee?

The people answered and said, Thou hast a demon: who goeth about to kill thee?

"You are possessed by a demon," replied the crowd; "no one wants to kill you."

The multitude answered, "You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?"

The multitude answered and said, 'Thou hast a demon, who doth seek to kill thee?'
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