Joh 8:51 | JFB | STEP | 48-51. Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?-- What intense and virulent scorn! (See ). The "say we not well" refers to . "A Samaritan" means more than "no Israelite at all"; it means one who pretended, but had no manner of claim to the title--retorting perhaps, this denial of their true descent from Abraham.

‏ John 8:51

48-51. Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?--What intense and virulent scorn! (See He 12:3). The "say we not well" refers to Joh 7:20. "A Samaritan" means more than "no Israelite at all"; it means one who pretended, but had no manner of claim to the title--retorting perhaps, this denial of their true descent from Abraham.