John 7:20

"Didn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”"

Key Reflection

Jesus uses this rhetorical question to highlight the hypocrisy of the religious leaders who claim to follow Moses' law but fail to keep it, instead seeking his death. This act reveals their true motives and underscores the gap between their professed piety and actual actions.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 20. The people. Perhaps some of the people who were not aware of the designs of the rulers. Thou hast a devil. Thou art deranged or mad. See Joh 10:20. As they saw no effort to kill him, and as they were ignorant of the designs of the rulers, they supposed that this was the effect of derangement. __________________________________________________________________

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