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The Pulpit Commentary - John 9:16

indicates, as the evangelist so often does elsewhere ( John 7:43 ; John 10:19 ), that the words and works of Christ produce opposite effects on different classes. Certain individuals of the Pharisees therefore said among themselves, This Man —referring to Christ, then uppermost in their minds and in their machinations— This Man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. The form of the sentence is peculiarly contemptuous, the word "man" being thrown very emphatically to the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 9:16

This man is not of God - Is not sent by God, or cannot be a friend of God.Because he keepeth not the sabbath-day - They assumed that their views of the Sabbath were correct, and by those views they judged others. It did not occur to them to inquire whether the interpretation which they put on the law might not be erroneous. Men often assume their own interpretations of the Scriptures to be infallible, and then judge and condemn all others by those interpretations.A sinner - A deceiver; an... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 9:15-16

John 9:15-16. Then again the Pharisees asked him, &c. They hoped to find something in the manner of the cure, which would show it to be no miracle, or, at least, which would prove Jesus to be a bad man. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, &c. He honestly and plainly told them the whole matter, as he had before declared it to the people. Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, &c. “On hearing the man’s account of the miracle, the Pharisees... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 9:1-41

92. Dispute concerning a blind man (John 9:1-41)Some Jews believed that diseases and physical disabilities were the result of either a person’s own sins or the sins of the person’s parents. When Jesus met a blind man, his disciples asked him which was the most likely cause of the man’s blindness (John 9:1-2).Jesus was not interested in discussing theoretical questions just to satisfy people’s curiosity. He was more concerned with healing the man, and in this way he would bring glory to God. His... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 9:16

of = from (beside). Greek. para. App-104 . sinner. Greek. hamartolos. Compare App-128 . miracles = signs. See App-176 and note on John 2:11 . there was, &c. The second of three. See note on John 7:43 among. Greek. en. App-104 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 9:16

Some therefore of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. But others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such things? And there was a division among them.The bitter schism in the Sanhedrin itself dominates this part of the narrative, a division mentioned in John 7:43, and John 10:19 also. The enemies of Jesus were the dominant majority; and it is clear that they were moving to silence the contrary elements in their own body as well as against any... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 9:16

John 9:16. Therefore said some of the Pharisees,— On hearing the man's account of the miracle, the Pharisees declared that the author of it must certainly be an impostor, because he had violated the sabbath in performing it. Nevertheless, others of them, more just and candid in their way of thinking, gave it as their opinion that no impostor could possibly do a miracle of that kind, because it was too great and beneficial, for any evil being to have either the inclination or the power to... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 9:16

16, 17. This man is not of God, c.—(See on John 5:9 John 5:9- :). Others said, &c.—such as Nicodemus and Joseph. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 9:13-23

The Pharisees’ first interrogation 9:13-23"John evidently wants us to see that the activity of Jesus as the Light of the world inevitably results in judgment on those whose natural habitat is darkness. They oppose the Light and they bring down condemnation on themselves accordingly." [Note: Morris, p. 429.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 9:16

Jesus’ produced a division among the people again (cf. John 7:40-43). Some of them, impressed with Jesus’ violation of traditional Sabbath laws, concluded that He could not represent God who had given the Sabbath laws. Their argument was a priori, beginning with the law and working forward to Jesus’ action. Others found the evidence of a supernatural cure more impressive and decided that Jesus must not be a common sinner but someone special who could do divine acts. Their argument was a... read more

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