This man is not of God Comp. -He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils" (Matthew 9:34); like this, an argument of the Pharisees. The fact of a miracle is not denied: but it cannot have been done with God's help; therefore it was done with the devil's help.

How can a man that is a sinner, &c. The less bigoted, men like Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea, shew that the argument cuts both ways. They also start from the -sign," but arrive at an opposite conclusion. Comp. Nicodemus" question, John 7:51. Perhaps Christ's teaching about the Sabbath (John 5:17-23) has had some effect.

there was a division See on John 7:43.

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