The Gospel Of John Chapter 10:19-42
John 10:19 ‘There arose a division again among the Jews because of these words.’ ‘arose a division again among the Jews’-The Jews were often divided over whether or not to accept Jesus (John 6:52; 7:43; 9:16).
John 10:20 ‘And many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?”’ ‘many’-there is no spiritual safety in believing what the majority believes! (Matthew 7:13-14)
“He has a demon and is insane”-Carefully note that they don’t use any Scripture to disprove the claims or teachings of Jesus. They can tell that Jesus is having an impact upon certain listeners, and they are simply seeking to discredit Jesus with any sort of accusation. They simply try to dismiss Jesus and everything He taught, with the accusation that Jesus is demon-possessed and mad, therefore why even listen to Him. This had been a common accusation (John 7:20; 8:48,52; Matthew 12:24). Again, we are still waiting to hear the great Scriptural argument against the claims of Jesus or against the teachings of Jesus. On the other hand, the above accusation is the only logical alternative to Jesus being the Son of God. Jesus is either the Son of God, or He is a madman, for what sane mere man claims to be God when he isn’t?
John 10:21 ‘Others were saying, “These are not the sayings of one demonpossessed. A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can he?”’ “These are not the sayings of one demon-possessed” -While some acted out of pure emotion (10:20), others looked at the objective evidence. Jesus didn’t rant and rave like a madman, Jesus also made perfect sense and was very logical in His teaching. To this day the observation made here still stands. Very few people are willing to classify, for example, the Sermon on the Mount as rubbish or utter nonsense. Even unbelievers attempt to live by various principles which Jesus taught (Matthew 7:12). Quote a Scripture, and yet make no reference to where the quotation came from, and people will extol the wisdom of what you have just said. In fact, it is the voice of Jesus which brought sanity into a world gone mad. 1