And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he - or 'this man' х houtos (G3778)].
Saith I came down from heaven? Missing the sense and glory of this, and having no relish for such sublimities, they harp upon the "Bread from heaven." 'What can this mean? Do we not know all about him-where, when, and of whom he was born? And yet he says he came down from heaven?'