20. δαιμ. ἔχει. See last note on Joh 8:48 and comp. Joh 7:20.
τί αὐ. ἀκ. They are uneasy at the impression produced by these discourses and seek to discredit their Author,—‘poisoning the wells.’
δαιμονιζ. Of one possessed with a demon. see on Joh 3:34.
μὴ δ. δ. Surely a demon cannot: comp. Joh 10:40. A demon might work a miracle, like the Egyptian magicians, but not so great and so beneficent a miracle as this (comp. Joh 9:16). But here they stop: they declare what He cannot be; they do not see, or will not admit, what He must be.