48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
48 The Jews answered him, "Aren't we right in saying that you are a Samaritan and demon-possessed?"
48 The Jews answered him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?"
48 The Jews then said, "That clinches it. We were right all along when we called you a Samaritan and said you were crazy - demon-possessed!"
48 Then the Jews answered and said to Him, "Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?"
48 The people retorted, "You Samaritan devil! Didn't we say all along that you were possessed by a demon?"
Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 8:48
Commentary on John 8:48-53
(Read John 8:48-53)
Observe Christ's disregard of the applause of men. those who are dead to the praises of men can bear their contempt. God will seek the honour of all who do not seek their own. In these verses we have the doctrine of the everlasting happiness of believers. We have the character of a believer; he is one that keeps the sayings of the Lord Jesus. And the privilege of a believer; he shall by no means see death for ever. Though now they cannot avoid seeing death, and tasting it also, yet they shall shortly be where it will be no more forever, Exodus 14:13.