29We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.
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Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? …
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-34)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 being embraced as a prophet for it, he is prosecuted as a criminal. I. Here is the information that was given in to the Pharisees concerning this matter: They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetim…
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