Truth And Division

Et iterum interrogabant eum Pharisaei, quomodo videret... Et modum quaerunt et modum audiunt; unde: llle autem dixit eis: Lutum posuit mihi super oculos meos, el lavi et modo video; breviter repetit, quia ipsi iam ab aliis audierant, sed ad maiorem certitudinem ex ipsius ore requirebant. Et apparet hic constantia caeci, qui veritatem non timuit confiteri, servans illud Ecclesiastici quarto: Pro anima tua non confundaris dicere verum. Dicebant ergo ex Pharisaeis quidam. Tangitur hic tertium, scilicet in reprehendendo dissensio; unde dicit: Dicebant ergo ex Pharisaeis quidam, fatui zelatores Legis; ad Romanos decimo: Aemulationem quidem Dei habent, sed non secundum scientiam. Dicebant: Non est hic homo a Deo, per conformitatem et complacentiam; qui Sabbalum non cuslodit, quod custodiri a Deo praeceptum est, Exodi vigesimo et in pluribus aliis locis. Alii autem dicebant: Quomodo potest homo peccator haec signa facere? Et isti erant magis iiluminati; unde isti habebant aliquid luminis; sed alii obtenebrati; ideo sequitur, quod schisma erat inter eos, id est divisio, iusto Dei iudicio dividentis lucem a tenebris et bonos a malis; propter quod dixit Matthaei decimo: Non veni pacem mittere,sed gladium. Sanctus Bonaventura, Commentarius In Evangelium Ioannem, Caput IX Source: Here, p882

And again the Pharisees asked him how he saw... 1 They seek how and they hear how, hence, 'He said to them, 'He placed mud on my eyes and washed them and I saw.' He relays it briefly because they had already heard it from others, but for greater certainty they sought it from the man's mouth. And here appeared the constancy of the blind man, who did not fear to confess the truth, as in the fourth chapter of Ecclesiasticus, 'For the sake of your soul do not be dismayed in speaking the truth.' 2 Therefore some among the Pharisees said... This touches on the third matter, that is, on the disagreement in reproof, hence it says, 'Therefore some among the Pharisees said,' those foolishly zealous for the Law, as in the tenth chapter of Romans, 'They are zealous for God but not according to knowledge.' 3 They said, 'This is not a man from God,' because of conformity and complacency, 'he does not keep the Sabbath,' which God had commanded to be kept in the twentieth chapter of Exodus, 4 and in many other places. But others said, 'How is he a sinful man who can perform these signs?' And these were more enlightened, hence they had some light but the others were benighted. Therefore it follows, 'There was division among them,' that is, the division which the righteous judgement of God makes between light and darkness and good and evil, because of which it is said in the tenth chapter of Matthew, 'I have not come to bring peace but a sword.' 5 Saint Bonaventura, Commentary On The Gospel Of Saint John, Chapter 9 1 Jn 9.15 2 Sirach 4.24 3 Rom 10.2 4 Exod 20.8 5 Mt 10.34