Then they reviled him. — The Greek word occurs only here in the Gospels. The other passages where it occurs in the New Testament are Acts 23:4; 1 Corinthians 4:12, and 1 Peter 2:23. It expresses the passionate outburst of their anger, which was excited by his question, and finds vent in heaping reproaches upon him.
Thou art his disciple. — They cast his own reproach back upon himself, but in stronger words than he had used they mark out the distinction between Jesus and themselves. Thou art that Man’s disciple.
But we are Moses’ disciples. — The emphasis of the words is important. We, as opposed to thou; Moses, as opposed to that Man’s.