To this they replied, “You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!” And they threw him out.
His agrument is indeed unanswerable. The Jews again lose their cool and fling insults at him since they cannot fling answers at him. Robertson observes: “The audacity of it all… It was insufferable. He had not only taught the rabbis, but had utterly routed them in argument.” They basically admit defeat by declaring that his blindness, the very point over which they were questioning him, was due to sin. The man receives that which his parents had so greatly feared. Those who love God and are totaly committed to him will be cast out by those who are not.
2 Timothy 3:12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,