Matthew Chapter 11 verse 18 Holy Bible
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon.
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For John came, taking no food or drink, and they say, He has an evil spirit.
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For John has come neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.
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For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
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For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'
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`For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - For John came neither eating (Matthew 3:4) nor drinking (Luke 1:15), and they say, He hath a devil; i.e. he is possessed of strange and melancholy fancies (see Bishop Westcott on John 7:20).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) He hath a devil.--The phrase was a common one, asserting at once the fact of insanity, and ascribing it to demoniacal possession as its cause. (Comp. John 7:20; John 8:48.) This was the explanation which the scribes gave of John's austerities. The locusts and wild honey were to them the diet of a madman.
