John 7:49

ὁ ὄχ. οὗτος. Very contemptuous; this multitude of yours, iste (35, 36), whose ignorant fancies you prefer to our deliberate decisions.

ὁ μὴ γιν. The μή implies censure; knoweth not when it ought to know. They ought to know that a sabbath-breaker cannot be the Messiah. Ὁ οὐ γιν. would express a mere fact; comp. John 6:64.

ἐπάρατοι. A mere outburst of theological fury. A formal excommunication of the whole multitude by the Sanhedrin (comp. John 9:22) would be impossible. How could such a sentence be executed on the right individuals? It was reserved for a Christian hierarchy to invent the interdict. Excommunication en masse was unknown to the Jews. Rabbinical writings abound in contempt for the “people of the earth.”