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John 9:29
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27 He answered them, “I told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”
28 Then they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples.
29 We know that God aspoke to bMoses; as for this fellow, cwe do not know where He is from.”  
30 The man answered and said to them, a“Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He has opened my eyes!  
31 Now we know that aGod does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him.  
32 Since the world began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind.
33 aIf this Man were not from God, He could do nothing.”  
34 They answered and said to him, a“You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?” And they1 cast him out.  

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35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had afound him, He said to him, “Do you bbelieve in cthe Son of God?”  
36 He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?”
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John 9:29

We know ... - We know that God commanded Moses to deliver the law. In that they were correct; but they assumed their interpretation of the law to be infallible, and, hence, condemned Jesus.

As for this fellow - The word "fellow" is not in the original. It is simply "this." The word "fellow" implies contempt, which it cannot be proved they intended to express.

Whence he is - We know not his origin, his family, or his home. The contrast with the preceding member of the sentence shows that they intended to express their belief that he was not from God. They knew not whether he was mad, whether he was instigated by the devil, or whether he spoke of himself. See John 7:27; John 8:48-52.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing John 9:29:

Amos 3:10
Matthew 19:1

 

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