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John 9:40
And some of the Pharisees which were with Him heard these words, and said unto Him, Are we blind also?
And some of the Pharisees which were with Him heard these words, and said unto Him, Are we blind also?
Verse John 9:40. _ARE WE BLIND ALSO?_] These Pharisees understood Christ as speaking of blindness in a _spiritual_ sense, and wished to know if he considered _them_ in that state....
CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The Man Born Blind, Healed. (John 9:1 .)_ 2. The Healed Man Questioned. (John 9:8 .) 3. Reviled and Cast Out. (John 9:27 .) 4. Jesus Reveals Himself to Him. ...
ARE WE BLIND ALSO? The form of the question implies that these Pharisees supposed that Christ would answer in the negative. He had spoken of two classes, those who did not see who should see; and tho...
LIGHT FOR THE BLIND EYES (John 9:1-5)...
Jesus heard that they had put him out, so he found him and said to him: "Do you believe in the Son of God?" "But who is he, sir, he answered him, "that I might believe in him?" Jesus said to him: "You...
SOME. [those]. Are you blind also?. Surely we also are not (Greek. _me._ App-105) blind, are we?...
_And some of_ Better, THOSE _of_. _Are we blind also?_ Or, SURELY WE ALSO ARE NOT BLIND? See on John 9:27. Of course they understand Him to be speaking figuratively. It is strange that any should hav...
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
John 8:12 TO JOHN 9:41. Christ the Source of Truth and Light In John 8:12-46 the word -true" occurs six times, the word -truth" seven times....
"The concluding verses contain a saying which is thoroughly in the manner of the Synoptists (cf. Matthew 15:14; Matthew 23:16-17; Matthew 23:24;...
OPPOSITE RESULTS OF THE SIGN...
ἘΚ Τ. Φ … ὌΝΤΕΣ. THOSE _of the P. who were with Him_, who still considered themselves in some degree His disciples. ΜῊ ΚΑῚ ἩΜ. SURELY WE ALSO ARE NOT BLIND: comp. John 9:27; John 6:67. Of course they...
VER 1A. IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD,...
ΆΚΟΥΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, ΌΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть, ΜΉ (G3361) предполагает отр. ответ: "мы не слепы, не правда ли?...
SOME OF THE PHARISEES—HEARD THESE WORDS,— The Pharisees present, hearing him speak thus, knew that he meant them in particular, especially from the word _see,_ in the former verse, _seers_ being a com...
BLINDNESS INDEED! _Text 9:35-41_ 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and finding him, he said, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? 36 He answered and said, And who is he, Lord, that I may...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 9:24-41 The following is offered as an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— "Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Giv...
And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? AND SOME (RATHER, 'THOSE') OF THE PHARISEES WHICH WERE WITH HIM HEARD THESE WORDS, AND SAID U...
16 It is notable how many of our Lord's recorded signs were done on the sabbath. Doubtless this indicates the fact that their antitype is to be found in the sabbatism which comes at His epiphany. When...
ARE WE BLIND ALSO?] Christ's Pharisaic disciples rightly perceive that His words are directed against them....
THE MAN BORN BLIND 1-12. The healing of the man born blind. This miracle occurred on the same day as the events of the last c., i.e. probably on the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles. It is intende...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 9 JESUS CURES A MAN WHO WAS BLIND SINCE BIRTH 9:1-12 V1 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a blind man. The man had bee...
AND SOME OF THE PHARISEES WHICH WERE WITH HIM. — The words in the preceding verse are not addressed specially to any one. The Pharisees would be still watching our Lord, and some had probably followed...
CHAPTER 20 SIGHT GIVEN TO THE BLIND. “And as He passed by, He saw a man blind from his birth. And His disciples asked Him, saying, Rabbi, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he should be born...
Some of the Pharisees overheard His words, and unconsciously proved their truth by saying with indignant contempt: μὴ καὶ ἡμεῖς τυφλοί ἐσμεν; To which Jesus, taking them on their own ground, replies:...
to John 10:21. _The good and the hireling shepherds_....
“A STONE OF STUMBLING” John 9:35-41; John 10:1-6 In John 9:35 we hear of Jesus finding the outcast, whom the Pharisees had excommunicated; and this story is appropriately followed by a picture of the...
The account of His healing of a blind man follows. Its values are gained very largely in relation to this spirit of opposition which was being exhibited. The case aroused great interest, so much so th...
The Pharisees them replied: and are we also blind? Jesus said to them: if you were blind, by ignorance in not having heard of me, and my doctrine, you might be excused for not believing; but now sayin...
OPTICAL ENIGMAS John 9:39-41. “ _And Jesus said_, _For judgment I came into the world_, _in order that those not seeing may see_, _and those seeing may be made blind. Certain ones of the Pharisees bei...
“ _And Jesus said, I am come into this world to exercise this judgment, that those who see not may see, and that those who see may become blind._ 40. _And those of the Pharisees who were with him hear...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 1-41. 1. The miracle recorded in this chapter occurred probably on the same day with the discourses of the closing part of ch. 8, and not improbably (if J...
Jesus heard that they had cast him out: and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? (36) He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? (37)...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
_RESPONSIBILITY AND SIN_ ‘For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might he made blind. And some of the Pharisees which were with Him heard t...
40._Some of the Pharisees heard. _They instantly perceived that they were smitten by this saying of Christ, and yet they appear not to have belonged to the worst class; for the open enemies had so str...
In chapter 9, we come to the testimony of His works, but as down here as a man in lowliness. It is not the Son of God quickening whom He will as the Father, but by the operation of His grace down here...
AND SOME OF THE PHARISEES WHICH WERE WITH HIM,.... Who had followed him, and were watching him, and observing what he said and did, in order to take all advantages, and every opportunity against him,...
And _some_ of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? Ver. 40. _Are we blind also?_] Yes, none more: for who so blind as he that will not see? "Who...
_And Jesus said_ While he stood talking with the blind man who had received his sight, several people, it seems, being gathered about them; _For judgment_, as well as mercy, _I am come into this world...
SIGHT RESTORED TO A MAN BORN BLIND (vs.1-12) Now that it has been clearly demonstrated that the Jews were determined to kill Him, this chapter witnesses a wonderful contrast to such hatred in the Lo...
39-41 Christ came into the world to give sight to those who were spiritually blind. Also, that those who see might be made blind; that those who have a high conceit of their own wisdom, might be seal...
The Pharisees attended our Saviour almost in all places where he went, to catch something from him whereof they might accuse him: they could not but understand, that the import of our Saviour's last w...
John 9:40 Then G2532 of G1537 Pharisees G5330 who G3588 were G5607 (G5752) with G3326 Him G846 heard...
‘Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things and said to him, “Are we also blind?”. Some Pharisees who were there with Him rather uneasily recognised some of the implications of His s...
John 9:40. THOSE OF THE PHARISEES WHICH WERE WITH HIM HEARD THESE THINGS. The whole cast of the language here used shows that those who speak are not representatives of the Pharisees as a body, or of...
The blind man, restored to sight, is brought before the Pharisees with the view of instituting proceedings against Jesus, who, by the healing on the Sabbath, had violated the sanctity of the day of re...
ARE WE ALSO BLIND? (Μη κα ημεις τυφλο εσμεν;). Negative answer expected (μη) and yet these Pharisees who overheard the words of Jesus to the new convert vaguely suspected that Jesus was referring t...
John 9:1. _And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth._ Therefore the man could not see Jesus, but the more important matter was that Christ could see the blind man. And you,...
John 9:1. _And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth, And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?_ The proced...
CONTENTS: Healing of the man born blind. The fault finding of unbelievers. CHARACTERS: Jesus, blind man, disciples, Pharisees, neighbors, Moses. CONCLUSION: The Lord Jesus Christ came into the world,...
John 9:7. _Go, wash in the pool of Siloam._ Some travellers say that this fountain is supplied by conduits from the Gihon, and that the water has a sweet taste. Mr. Biddulph, quoted on John 4:5, says...
YOU DON'T MEAN THAT WE ARE BLIND TOO? They knew this was what he had implied. IF YOU WERE BLIND. That is, "If you were aware of your spiritual blindness and tried to see, you would either find _light,...
_For judgment I have come into the world_ CHRIST’S MISSION TO THE WORLD I. HAS TWO APPARENTLY OPPOSITE RESULTS. 1. Of these (1) One is the greatest blessing: “That they which see not might see.” Al...
CHAPTER 9 VER. 1. _And as Jesus passed by_, &c. Passing through the midst of His enemies and the crowd of the people. This signifies (though some deny it) that this cure took place immediately after C...
_And some of the Pharisees_, &c. The Pharisees felt themselves sharply touched by our Lord's words, which they understood to speak not of the blindness of the body, but of the mind. They knew that the...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 9:13. THEY BROUGHT.—Better THEY BRING. John 9:14. NOW IT WAS A SABBATH ON THE DAY THAT JESUS MADE THE CLAY, ETC.—It was most likely a festival Sabbath. John 9:1...
EXPOSITION These chapters (9. and 10.) bring the conflict with the Jews to a climax before the commencement of the Peraean ministry. They are doubtless closely connected with what has preceded; but th...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to the gospel according to John, chapter 9. Jesus had been having a dispute with the Pharisees in the temple at the time of the Feast of the Tabernacles, six months or...
John 7:47; John 9:34; Luke 11:39; Matthew 15:12; Matthew 23:16;...
Are we blind also [μ η κ α ι η μ ε ι ς τ υ φ λ ο ι ε σ μ ε ν] ? The also belongs with we. The interrogative particle has the force of we are surely not, and the we is emphatic. Are we also blind ? So...
THE MAN BLIND FROM BIRTH John 9:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A strange question. As Jesus passed by He saw a man which was blind from his birth. That doubtless was a common occurrence along most any road...
Observe here, 1. How the Pharisees, who watched all opportunities to ensnare our Saviour, look upon these last words as reflecting upon them; as if Christ did insinuate that they were blind; ARE WE BL...