John 9:28 Commentary - Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary

1) "Then they reviled him, and said," (kai eloidoresan auton kai eipan) "And they reviled him, and said," Convicted and irritated by his question, the villany of their vile nature spewed forth, reviling, 1Pe 2:23.

2) ''Thou art his disciple," (su mathetes ei ekeinou) ''You are a disciple of that man," and he was, though not yet, but also soon to be, saved by Him, Joh 9:35-38. Yet his Pharisee inquirers had no evidence that he was a disciple of Jesus.

3) "But we are Moses' disciples.'' (hemeis de tou Mouseos esmen mathetai) "However we are disciples of Moses," though Moses would not have claimed them, for their vile and obstinate rejection of "that prophet," of whom Moses had written so expressly, Deu 18:15-18; Joh 5:45-47; Act 13:27-30.