Then Yehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said to him, Is all well? why came this mad fellow to you? He said to them, You know the man and what his talk was.
Matthew 11:18 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) For Yochanan came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.' Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For John came neither eating nor drinking [with others], and they say, He has a demon! American Standard Version (1901) For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon. Common English Bible For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ Catholic Public Domain Version For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say, 'He has a demon.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say: He hath a devil. |
Then Yehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said to him, Is all well? why came this mad fellow to you? He said to them, You know the man and what his talk was.
I didn't sit in the assembly of those who make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand; for you have filled me with indignation.
The LORD has made you Kohen in the place of Yehoiada the Kohen, that there may be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man who is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in the stocks and in shackles.
The days of visitation have come. The days of reckoning have come. Yisra'el will consider the prophet to be a fool, and the man who is inspired to be insane, because of the abundance of your sins, and because your hostility is great.
It is enough for the talmid that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Ba`al-Zibbul, how much more those of his household!
and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance. We mourned for you, and you didn't lament.'
Now Yochanan himself wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
But the Perushim said, *By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons.*
The scribes who came down from Yerushalayim said, *He has Ba`al-Zibbul,* and, *By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons.*
For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
Many of them said, *He has a demon, and is insane! Why do you listen to him?*
Then the Judeans answered him, *Don't we say well that you are a Shomroni, and have a demon?*
Then the Judeans said to him, *Now we know that you have a demon. Avraham died, and the prophets; and you say, 'If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of death.'
As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, *Sha'ul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!*
but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.