William Burkitt Anglican @expositoryburkitt

Here the evangelist shews what different effects this sermon of our Saviour had upon the Jews; many of them calumniate and slander him, as one possessed and mad, and therefore not to be heard and minded; others of calmer thoughts said, That the doctrine be taught, and the late miracle which he had wrought in curing the blind man, were abundantly sufficient to confute such a groundless slander.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Reformed @jfbcommentary

There was a division . . . again among the Jews for these sayings--the light and the darkness revealing themselves with increasing clearness in the separation of the teachable from the obstinately prejudiced. The one saw in Him only "a devil and a madman"; the other revolted at the thought that such words could come from one possessed, and sight be given to the blind...

Geneva Bible Notes Reformed @genevanotes

There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. (6) The gospel uncovers hypocrisy, and therefore the world must necessarily rage when the gospel comes forth.