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
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