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If this man were not from God (ei mē ēn houtos para theou). Negative condition of second class with imperfect indicative. Assuming that Jesus is not “from God” (para theou) as some argued in Joh 9:16, “he could do nothing” (ouk ēdunato poiein ouden). Conclusion of the second-class condition with imperfect indicative (double augment in ēdunato) without an as is usual in conditions of possibility, propriety, obligation (Robertson, Grammar, pp. 920, 1014). The man has scored with terrific power in his use of Scripture and logic.