King James Bible
"Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?"
Some in the crowd defend Jesus against accusations of demon possession, arguing that his teachings lack the incoherence or malice typical of demonic influence. This follows Jesus's Good Shepherd discourse and the divided response it provoked among Jewish listeners. The defenders point to Jesus's recent healing of the man born blind (John 9) as evidence of divine rather than demonic power. Their rhetorical question reflects Jewish belief that demons could only destroy, not restore—especially not perform unprecedented miracles like giving sight to someone blind from birth.