Joh 9:27 | RWP | e4.org | I told you even now ( ειπον υμιν ηδη ). In verses , , . Would ye also become his disciples? ( Μη κα υμεις θελετε αυτου μαθητα γενεσθαι; ). Negative answer formally expected, but the keenest irony in this gibe. Clearly the healed man knew from the use of "also" ( κα ) that Jesus had some "disciples" ( μαθητα , predicate nominative with the infinitive γενεσθα ) and that the Pharisees knew that fact. "Do ye also (like the Galilean mob) wish, etc." See . It cut to the bone.

‏ John 9:27

I told you even now ( ειπον υμιν ηδη ). In verses 15, 17, 25.

Would ye also become his disciples? ( Μη κα υμεις θελετε αυτου μαθητα γενεσθαι; ). Negative answer formally expected, but the keenest irony in this gibe. Clearly the healed man knew from the use of "also" ( κα ) that Jesus had some "disciples" ( μαθητα, predicate nominative with the infinitive γενεσθα ) and that the Pharisees knew that fact. "Do ye also (like the Galilean mob) wish, etc." See 7:45-52. It cut to the bone.