John 10:21 (GNV)

Passage

Other sayd, These are not the wordes of him that hath a deuill: can the deuill open the eyes of the blinde?

Nearby Context

John 10:19 Then there was a dissension againe among the Iewes for these sayings,

John 10:20 And many of them sayd, He hath a deuill, and is mad: why heare ye him?

John 10:21 Other sayd, These are not the wordes of him that hath a deuill: can the deuill open the eyes of the blinde?

John 10:22 And it was at Hierusalem the feast of the Dedication, and it was winter.

John 10:23 And Iesus walked in the Temple, in Salomons porche.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "other", "sayd", "wordes", "hath", "deuill", "open", and "eyes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "other" and "sayd", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "And many of them sayd He hath..." into verse 22's "And it was at Hierusalem the feast...", so "other" and "sayd" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "other" and "sayd" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.