If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
His reasoning is beautiful and complete. God only hears and answers the prayers of the righteous; Jesus has performed a miracle that no one else in all of history has done and could only have come from God; therefore Jesus must be righteous and have come from God. “If Jesus had not Divine Authority, He could not have had Divine Power.” (Edersheim II, 186)
The man’s argument is amazing! He is only one and has no academic or forensic training; he is opposed by a group of those who were highly schooled in both of these areas and yet he demolished their arguments. How could he have done this? From whence is his wisdom? And how does he enable this wisdom to be effectively used through him? If we can answer these questions for him, they may have great impact upon our own lives and how we live for God!