The Pulpit Commentary on John 9:27

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

He answered them, I told you already, and ye did not hear (the Italic versions and the vulgate here omit the negation, which De Wette says would be caster of comprehension; but as it stands, the sentence is equivalent to "you had no ears, you took no heed, if you had already listened to the simple facts"): wherefore would ye hear it again?

You will pay no more heed now than then; or do ye want to transform it into a charge? There is another alternative, stated in either humble pleading or ironical retort, according as we interpret the καί.

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