Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me.
Verse 49. I have not a devil. To the first part of the charge, that he was a Samaritan, he did not reply. To the other part he replied by saying that he honoured his Father. He taught the doctrines that tended to exalt God. He taught that he was holy and true. He sought that men should love him and obey him. All his teaching proved this.
49. I have not a devil. He passes by the first charge, and clears himself only of the second. Some think that he did so, because he disregarded the insult offered to his person, and undertook only the defense of the doctrine.
When conviction pressed them hard, these scribes and Pharisees abandoned argument for railing. They name Him a Samaritan, an enemy to their church, someone they despised, and demon-possessed, poisoning the crowd against Him with a black name, for it is easy to run down what is once put into ill repute.
AI summary
Commenting on John 8:48-50