'Evil Spirit' in the Bible

[Someone from] the crowd answered, "You have an evil spirit [in you]; who is trying to kill you?"

The Jews answered and said to Jesus, "Were we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan [See note on 4:9], and are dominated by an evil spirit?"

Jesus answered, "I am not dominated by an evil spirit. But I give honor to my Father and you people dishonor me.

The Jews [i.e., the authorities] replied, "Now we know that you are dominated by an evil spirit. Abraham and the prophets [all] died and [yet] you are saying, 'If a person obeys my message, he will never experience death.'

Many of them said, "This man is dominated by an evil spirit; he is crazy, why listen to him?"

Others said, "These are not the words of someone dominated by an evil spirit. Can an evil spirit restore sight to a blind person?"