‘Jesus answered and said to them, ‘I did one work and you all wonder at it'.

This looks back to the man at the pool who was healed on the Sabbath (John 5:2). This was the incident that above all had turned the Judaisers against Him. By it He was seen not only as a Sabbath-breaker but also as One Who had encouraged others to break the Sabbath. And to make matters worse, in His defence He had claimed God as His own Father.

‘You all wonder at it.' This could refer to the Judaisers and mean that they constantly thought about it and considered its implications. Or it may have the crowd in mind, reminding them of the effect the wonder had had on them. The context on the whole suggests that the Judaisers are in mind.

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