John 9:33

If this man were not of God, he could not do this thing.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.

In Context

32Never hath it been heard, that any one opened the eyes of one born blind.

34They replied, and said to him: Thou wast wholly born in sins; and dost thou teach us? And they expelled him.

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Cross References

John 3:2And he came to Jesus by night, and said to him: Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher sent from God; for no one can work those signs which thou workest, unless God be with him.

Acts 5:38And now, I say to you: Desist from these men, and let them lone. For if this device and this work originate from men, they will dissolve and come to nothing.

Matthew Henry on John 9:14-35

The Cavilling of the Pharisees; The Cavilling of the Pharisees Refuted. 13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. 14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. 15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. 16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such… Read the whole commentary →

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