The people answered and said, You have a demon: who goes about to kill you?
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Cornelius a Lapide
AD 1637
The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil, who seeketh to kill Thee? That Isaiah , Thou art mad as Saul was when possessed with a devil. Or more strictly, it is the devil who instigates Thee to make this false charge of murder against us. We never thought of it. These are the words of the people, some of whom thought well, and others ill of Christ, but yet did not wish to kill Him. But that was the wish of the Scribes and rulers, who mingled with the crowd. Christ therefore glances at them, and openly proclaims their secret plans for killing Him, which were fully known to Him, thus shewing Him to be God.
