Joh 9:16 | RWP | e4.org | Because he keepeth not the sabbath ( οτ το σαββατον ου τηρε ). This is reason (causal οτ ) enough. He violates our rules about the Sabbath and therefore is a Sabbath-breaker as charged when here before ( , , ). Hence he is not "from God" ( παρα θεου ). So some. How can a man that is a sinner do such signs? ( Πως δυνατα ανθρωπος αμαρτωλος τοιαυτα σημεια ποιειν; ). This was the argument of Nicodemus, himself a Pharisee and one of the Sanhedrin, long ago ( ). It was a conundrum for the Pharisees. No wonder there was "a division" ( σχισμα , schism, split, from σχιζω ) as in ; .

‏ John 9:16

Because he keepeth not the sabbath ( οτ το σαββατον ου τηρε ). This is reason (causal οτ ) enough. He violates our rules about the Sabbath and therefore is a Sabbath-breaker as charged when here before (5:10, 16, 18). Hence he is not "from God" ( παρα θεου ). So some.

How can a man that is a sinner do such signs? ( Πως δυνατα ανθρωπος αμαρτωλος τοιαυτα σημεια ποιειν; ). This was the argument of Nicodemus, himself a Pharisee and one of the Sanhedrin, long ago (3:2). It was a conundrum for the Pharisees. No wonder there was "a division" ( σχισμα, schism, split, from σχιζω ) as in 7:43; 10:19.