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Joh_9:15-16. Πάλιν ] Glancing back at the same question asked by others (hence καὶ οἱ Φαρ .) in Joh_9:10.
πηλὸν , etc.] a clay He laid on mine eyes ( μου ἐπὶ τ . ὀφθ .), etc. Comp. on Joh_11:32. Note how the man only states what he himself felt; hence there is no mention of the spittle. Compare already Joh_9:11.
ὅτι τὸ σάββ . οὐ τηρεῖ ] A Rabbinical precept specially forbids the anointing of the eyes with spittle on the Sabbath. Maimonides Schabb. 21. Even if this were not yet in existence or recognised as binding, still the general principle was admitted that healing should take place on the Sabbath solely in case of danger to life (Schoettgen and Wetstein ad Mat_12:9).
ἄλλοι ] who judged more candidly and conscientiously. Grotius well remarks: “Qui nondum occaluerant.” They conclude from the miraculous element in the healing, so far as it implied a special divine help, which would not be vouchsafed to a sinner who disregarded God’s commands, that there must be something peculiar in this action performed on the Sabbath, rendering it unfair to pass the judgment in question on its performer without further consideration.
The Hyperbaton in the position, οὐκ ἐστὶν οὗτος παρὰ èåï ͂ ὁ ἄνθρ ., serves to lay stronger emphasis first on οὗτος , and then on παρὰ θεοῦ . Comp. in general Bernhardy, p. 460.
σχίσμα ] comp. Joh_7:43.