<p>9:33 <i>If this man were not from God, he could do nothing</i>- Truth is arrived at by different paths. The Lord had clearly stated that He could &quot;do nothing&quot; apart from the fact He was empowered by the Father (5:30). The man arrived by reflection at the very positions which the Lord had Himself taught, although it seems he had never heard the Lord's teaching. Or perhaps he had heard some garbled versions of the Lord's message, and now he was joining the dots and all was making perfect sense.</p>