John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
Ver. 27. A man can receive nothing] There is much in this word "man," as Beza thinks, to set forth the most miserable indigence of all mankind by nature. a The Greeks, when they set forth one miserable indeed, they call him τρισανθρωπον, thrice a man.
a Videtur hominis appellatio magnum habere momentum.