The Pharisees did not realize that they had to deal with any other than the uneducated man who had been born blind; they knew not Him with whom they were in controversy. Divine light shone into the chambers of the blind man's soul. As these hypocrites tried to make him disbelieve, God helped him to show, by the vigor and pointedness of his replies, that he was not to be ensnared. He answered, "I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be His disciples? Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art His disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence He is."

Farisæerne var ikke klar over, at de havde med andre at gøre end den ulærde mand, der var født blind. De kendte ikke ham, som de var i strid med. Et guddommeligt lys skinnede ind i den blindes sjæl. Medens disse hyklere forsøgte at få ham til at tvivle, hjalp Gud ham til gennem kraften og sagligheden i hans svar at vise, at han ikke lod sig besnære. Han svarede: Jeg har allerede sagt jer det, men I hørte ikke på mig. Hvorfor vil I høre det igen. Vil I måske også være hans disciple? Så skældte de ham ud og sagde: Du er selv hans discipel; men vi er Moses disciple. Vi ved, at til Moses har Gud talt; men hvor han her er fra, det ved vi ikke.