John 9:30

30 "Why, this is marvellous!" the man replied; "you do not know where he comes from, and yet he has opened my eyes!

John 9:30 Meaning and Commentary

John 9:30

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 doctors, men of sagacity and penetration, should not be able to discern that this man is of God, is a prophet sent by him, and that there should be any doubt from whence he comes, or from whom he has his commission:

and [yet] he hath opened mine eyes;
which was so clearly and plainly the work of the Messiah, and to be done by him when he came, ( Isaiah 35:4 Isaiah 35:5 ) ( 42:7 ) .

John 9:30 In-Context

28 Then they railed at him, and said, "You are that man's disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

29 We know that God spoke to Moses; but as for this fellow we do not know where he comes from."

30 "Why, this is marvellous!" the man replied; "you do not know where he comes from, and yet he has opened my eyes!

31 We know that God does not listen to bad people, but that if any one is a God-fearing man and obeys Him, to him He listens.

32 From the beginning of the world such a thing was never heard of as that any one should open the eyes of a man blind from his birth.