“For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.”
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, he has a demon — John's ascetic practice (neither eating bread nor drinking wine, echoing Nazirite vows) was met with the accusation of demon possession. The generation's rejection of John uses the most extreme negative category available.
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