SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:29
Nosotros sabemos que a Moisés habló Dios; mas éste no sabemos de dónde es.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - John 9:29
Verse 29. We know not from whence he is.] As if they had said: We have the fullest assurance that the commission of Moses was Divine; but we have no proof that this man has such a commission: and should we leave Moses, and attach ourselves to this stranger? No.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 29. We know that God spoke to Moses , etc.] 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.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 24-34 - As Christ's mercies are most valued by those who have felt the want of them, that have been blind, and now see; so the most powerful an lasting affections to Christ, arise from actual knowledge of him. I the work of grace in the soul, though we cannot tell when, and how, an by what steps the blessed change was wrought, yet we may take the comfort, if we can say, through grace, Whereas I was blind, now I see I did live a worldly, sensual life, but, thanks be to God, it is no otherwise with me, Eph 5:8. The unbelief of those who enjoy the mean of knowledge and conviction, is indeed marvellous. All who have fel the power and grace of the Lord Jesus, wonder at the wilfulness of others who reject him. He argues strongly against them, not only tha Jesus was not a sinner, but that he was of God. We may each of us know by this, whether we are of God or not. What do we? What do we for God What do we for our souls? What do we more than others?
Greek Textus Receptus
ημεις 2249 P-1NP οιδαμεν 1492 5758 V-RAI-1P οτι 3754 CONJ μωση 3475 N-DSM λελαληκεν 2980 5758 V-RAI-3S ο 3588 T-NSM θεος 2316 N-NSM τουτον 5126 D-ASM δε 1161 CONJ ουκ 3756 PRT-N οιδαμεν 1492 5758 V-RAI-1P ποθεν 4159 ADV-I εστιν 2076 5748 V-PXI-3S
Vincent's NT Word Studies
29. Spake (lelalhken). Perfect tense, hath spoken, and the authority of Moses' words therefore continues to the present. So Rev., Lalew is to talk, familiarly. See Exod. xxxiii. 11.Whence he is. Compare vii. 27; viii. 14.
