Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?
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Gregory The Dialogist
AD 604
See; when God suffers awrong, He does not reply reproachfully: Jesus answered, I have not a devil. An intimation this to us, that when reproached by our neighbors falsely, we should not retort upon them by bringing forward their evil deeds, however true such charges might be; lest the vehicle of ajust rebuke turn into a weapon of rage.
As all who have zeal toward God areliable to meet with dishonor from wicked men, our Lord has Himself set us an example of patience under this trial; And you do dishonor Me.
How we are to take injuries, He shows us by His own example, when He adds, I seek not Mine own glory, there is one that seeks andjudges.
As the perversity of the wicked increases, preaching so far from giving way, ought even to become more active. Thus our Lord, after He had been accused of having a devil, imparts the treasures of preaching in a still larger degree: Verily, verily, I say to you, If a man keep My saying, he shall never see death.
