Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 9:28-29

"And they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God hath spoken unto Moses: but as for this man, we know not whence he is." — John 9:28-29 (ASV)

And said, You are his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.

We know that God spoke to Moses: As for this –

They did not say "fellow," because they meant something worse than that, something which they could not express: "As for this – "

Then they reviled him, and said, You are his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. We know that God spoke to Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from where he is.

The word "fellow" is supplied by the translators. There is no such word there, because they did not know a word bad enough with which to express their scorn.