‘He answered and said, ‘Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?'
The man was willing to learn anything that Jesus wanted to teach him. He recognised that Jesus was a God sent teacher and was willing to accept whatever He told him. Who, then, he asked was this Son of Man? At Jesus' recommendation he was willing to believe in anyone.
Verse 36. _WHO IS HE, LORD?_] it is very likely that the blind man did not know that it was Jesus the Christ who now spoke to him; for it is evident he had never seen him before this time; and he migh...
WHO IS HE? - It is probable that the man did not know that he who now addressed him was the same who had healed him. He had not yet seen him John 9:7, but he was prepared to acknowledge him when he di...
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. ...
WHO IS HE, LORD? He does not ask this question in doubt, but that he may receive the information which will lead to. complete faith. He has full confidence in Jesus, but has not learned that he is th...
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...
LORD. See App-98....
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...
_Who is he, Lord_ We should perhaps insert -and" or -then" with some of the best MSS., AND _Who is He?_or, _Who is He_ THEN? This -and" or -then" has the effect of intensifying the question. Comp. - _...
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....
36. Insert ΚΑῚ before τίς. Confusion with κύριε may have caused the omission. ΚΑΙ and Κ̅Ε̅ (= ΚΥΡΙΕ) are easily confounded, and κε τις εστιν κε would seem to have a superfluous κύριε. CHRIST THE SOUR...
OPPOSITE RESULTS OF THE SIGN...
VER 1A. IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD,...
ΚΑΊ (G2532) используется для введения аподосиса, который является вопросом и имеет значение "кто же Он тогда" — при условиях, которые изложены в протасисе (BD, 227). ΠΙΣΤΕΎΣΩ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΠΙΣ...
DISCOURSE: 1660 DISPOSITION TO BE EXERCISED TOWARDS THE GOSPEL John 9:35. 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? He a...
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...
He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? HE ANSWERED AND SAID, WHO IS HE, LORD, THAT I MIGHT (OR RATHER, 'MAY') BELIEVE ON HIM? This is evidently the language of one who...
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...
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...
WHO IS HE, LORD, THAT I MIGHT BELIEVE ON HIM? — For “Lord” it would be better to read _Sir,_ as in John 4:11; John 4:19; John 5:7, _et. al._ The man does not express by it more than the reverence to a...
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...
to John 10:21. _The good and the hireling shepherds_....
The man's answer shows that he was willing to believe in the Messiah if he could identify Him; and having already declared Jesus to be a prophet, he believed that He could tell him who the Messiah was...
“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...
ADROITNESS OF THIS MAN UNDER PROSECUTION John 9:23-38. “ _Therefore his parents said_, _He is of age_; _ask him. Then they called the man the second time who was blind_, _and said to him_, _Give glory...
present the moral result of this miracle, and John 9:39-41 formulate that of the activity of Jesus in general. VV. 35-38. “ _Jesus heard that they had driven him out; and having found him, he said to...
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...
36._Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him? _From this reply of the blind man it is evident that, though he had not yet attained any clear or certain knowledge of Christ, still he was obedient and...
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...
HE ANSWERED AND SAID,.... That is, "he that was healed", as the Syriac version reads: WHO IS THE LORD THAT I MIGHT BELIEVE IN HIM? which shows, that though he knew there was a Messiah expected, and h...
He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? Ver. 36. _Who is he, that I might believe on him?_] A man of God, he held Christ, John 9:33. The Son of God he yet knew him not to...
_Jesus heard that they had cast him out_ Had excommunicated the poor man for his sake; _and when he had found him_ Which it appears he did soon after; _he said unto him_, privately, _Dost thou believe...
HE ANSWERED AND SAID, WHO IS HE, LORD, THAT I MIGHT BELIEVE ON HIM?...
Jesus reveals Himself:...
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...
35-38 Christ owns those who own him and his truth and ways. There is particular notice taken of such a suffer in the cause of Christ, and for the testimony of a good conscience. Our Lord Jesus graciou...
It is as much as if he had said, Lord! How should I believe on him, of whom I have not heard? (So the disciples answered Paul, asking them whether they had received the Holy Ghost, _We have not so muc...
John 9:36 He G1565 answered G611 (G5662) and G2532 said G2036 (G5627) Who G5101 He G2076 ...
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...
John 9:36. HE ANSWERED AND SAID, AND WHO IS HE, LORD, THAT I MAY BELIEVE IN HIM? These are not words of a doubter, but of one who seeks to be led to a complete faith. In Jesus he has fullest confidenc...
AND WHO IS HE, LORD, THAT I MAY BELIEVE ON HIM? (Κα τις εστιν, κυριε;). The initial κα (and) is common (Mark 10:26; Luke 10:29; Luke 18:26). Probably by κυριε he means only "Sir." It usually comes a...
John 9:35 This is the very question which Jesus still puts to the conscience of every man, and on the answer given to it does the salvation of every man still depend. How often also is the answer whi...
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_ Christ's di...
John 9:1. _And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth._ The man could not see Jesus, but sight came to the man from Jesus. If there are any here who cannot look to Christ as...
We will first read about one of our Lord's miracles, and then, as many of us will be coming to the communion table, we will read about the Lord's supper. John 9:1. And as Jesus passed by, he saw a ma...
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? Jesus answere...
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...
36-38. TELL ME WHO HE IS, SIR. The way he asks this shows he thinks _knowing_ the Son of Man is such a privilege that he has no right to hope for it. I BELIEVE, LORD! The man had lost the world, but f...
_Jesus heard that they had cast him out and … said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?_ THE VERDICT OF CHRIST ON THE WHOLE CASE I. THE DEMAND CHRIST MAKES UPON THE HUMAN HEART--Faith (Joh...
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...
_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 1:38; Matthew 11:3; Proverbs 30:3; Proverbs 30:4; Song of So
Who is He? The best texts insert kai, and; and who is he? which imparts an air of eagerness to the question....
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...
Who is he, that I may believe? — This implies some degree of faith already. He was ready to receive whatever Jesus said....