John:9:24

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rwp @John:9:24 @{A second time } (\ek deuterou \). He had given the Pharisees the facts the first time (9:15 |). It was really the third time (see \palin \ in strkjv @9:17 |). Now it was like a joke unless the Pharisees meant to imply that his previous story was untrue . {Give glory to God } (\dos doxan t “i the “i \). Second aorist active imperative of \did “mi \ (cf . \sches , hes \). This phrase does not mean gratitude to God as in strkjv @Luke:17:18 |. It is rather an adjuration to speak the truth (Joshua:7:19 ; strkjv @1Samuel:6:5 |) as if he had not done it before . Augustine says : " _Quid est Daniel:gloriam Deo ? Nega quod accepisti . _ " Is a sinner (\hamart “los estin \). They can no longer deny the fact of the cure since the testimony of the parents (9:19 |) and now wish the man to admit that he was lying in saying that Jesus healed him . He must accept their ecclesiastical authority as proving that Jesus had nothing to do with the cure since Jesus is a sinner . They wish to decide the fact by logic and authority like all persecutors through the ages . Recall the Pharisaic distinction between \dikaios \ (righteous ) and \hamart “los \ (sinner ).

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