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Joh 9:28 King James Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Thou art his disciple - This they cast at him as a reproach. His defense of Jesus they regarded as proof that he was his follower, and this they now attempted to show was inconsistent with being a friend of Moses and his law. Moses had given the law respecting the Sabbath; Jesus had healed a man contrary, in their view, to the law of Moses. They therefore held Jesus to be a violater and contemner of the law of Moses, and of course that his followers were also.

We are Moses' disciples - We acknowledge the authority of the law of Moses, which they alleged Jesus has broken by healing on that day.
 
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12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.