We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.
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Gill's Exposition
The man answered and said unto them,.... Very appropriately and pertinently,
why herein is a marvellous thing; strange and unaccountable,
that ye know not from whence he is; that you learned…
Barnes' Notes
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…
Adam Clarke
We know not from whence he is - As if they had said: We have the fullest assurance that the commission of Moses was Divine; but we have no proof that this man has such a commission: and should we…
One would have expected that such a miracle as Christ wrought upon the blind man would have settled his reputation, and silenced and shamed all opposition, but it had the contrary effect; instead of…
Cambridge Bible
that God spake Literally, that God hath spoken, i.e. that Moses received a revelation which still remains. This is a frequent meaning of the perfect tense to express the permanent result of a past…
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