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Joh_9:17. As there was such a difference of views among those who were assembled, they feel it to be of importance to ascertain the opinion of the man who had been healed. It might lead to further light being thrown on the affair. The subject of λέγουσιν is οἱ Φαρισ ., neither the hostile among them merely (Apollinarius and many others), nor the well-wishers alone (Chrysostom and his followers).
πάλιν ] a repetition of the question after Joh_9:15.
ὅτι ] εἰς ἐκεῖνο , ὅτι ; see on Joh_2:18. Theodore of Mopsuestia well remarks: ὑπὲρ ὧν .
προφήτης ] who had shown Himself to be such by this miracle. Comp. Joh_3:2, Joh_4:19, Joh_6:14, al. Thus the faith of the man became clear and confirmed by the controversy of the Pharisees. And he makes confession of what he up to this time believes.