Giovanni 7:21

21 Gesù rispose, e disse loro: Io ho fatta un’opera, e tutti siete maravigliati.

Giovanni 7:21 Meaning and Commentary

John 7:21

Jesus answered and said unto them
Taking no notice of their passion, reproach, and blasphemy; but proceeding upon the thing he had in view, and which he was determined to reassume, and vindicate himself in;

I have done one work;
that is, on the sabbath day; meaning, his cure of the man that had had a disorder eight and thirty years, who lay at Bethesda's pool; which single action, they charged with being a breach of the sabbath, he mentions with a view to their many, and daily violations of it:

and ye all marvel;
at it, as a thing unheard of, as a most shocking piece of iniquity, as an intolerable evil; wondering that any man should have the front, to bid another take up his bed and walk, on the sabbath day: they did not marvel at the miracle that was wrought; but were amazed, offended, and disturbed, at its being done on the sabbath day.

Giovanni 7:21 In-Context

19 Mosè non v’ha egli data la legge? e pur niuno di voi mette ad effetto la legge; perchè cercate di uccidermi?

20 La moltitudine rispose, e disse: Tu hai il demonio; chi cerca di ucciderti?

21 Gesù rispose, e disse loro: Io ho fatta un’opera, e tutti siete maravigliati.

22 E pur Mosè vi ha data la circoncisione non già ch’ella sia da Mosè, anzi da’ padri; e voi circoncidete l’uomo in sabato.

23 Se l’uomo riceve la circoncisione in sabato, acciocchè la legge di Mosè non sia rotta, vi adirate voi contro a me, ch’io abbia sanato tutto un uomo in sabato?