27 He replied to them, “I told you already and you did not listen! Why do you want to hear it[a] again? You do not want to become his disciples also, do you?”[b] 28 They reviled[c] 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.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 9:27 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  2. John 9:27 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “do you
  3. John 9:28 Some manuscripts have “And they reviled”

27 He answered, “I have told you already(A) and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”

28 Then they hurled insults at him and said, “You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses!(B) 29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.”(C)

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