John 9:29

29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from."

John 9:29 Meaning and Commentary

John 9:29

We know that God spoke to Moses
Out of the bush, and told him who he was, and sent him to deliver the children of Israel out of Egyptian bondage, and spoke the ten words, or law unto him, and by him delivered them to the children of Israel, and to whom he spake face to face, as a man does to his friend, and mouth to mouth, and not in dark sayings; they mean, they knew that Moses had his mission, commission, and credentials from God:

but as for this fellow;
so they contemptuously called the Lord Jesus Christ,

we know not from whence he is;
contradicting what others of them had said, ( John 7:27 ) . They imagined they knew the country from whence he came, which they supposed to be Galilee, and the place where he was born, which they concluded was Nazareth; though in both they were in the wrong; and they knew his parents, Joseph and Mary, and his brethren and sisters; but as to his divine filiation, they knew nothing of it; nor would they own his mission, commission, and credentials to be from heaven; and pretended they had no reason to conclude they were.

John 9:29 In-Context

27 He replied to them, "I told you already and you did not listen! Why do you want to hear [it] again? You do not want to become his disciples also, [do you]?"
28 They reviled him and said, "You are his disciple! But we are disciples of Moses!
29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from."
30 The man answered and said to them, "For the remarkable thing is this, that you do not know where he is from, and he opened my eyes!
31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if someone is devout and does his will, he listens to this one.
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