Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 9:11
A man called Jesus — He seems to have been before totally ignorant of him.
A man called Jesus — He seems to have been before totally ignorant of him.
Verse John 9:11. _A MAN THAT IS CALLED JESUS_] The whole of this relation is simple and artless in the highest degree. The blind man had never _seen_ Jesus, but he had _heard_ of his name - he _felt_...
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. ...
JOHN 9. THE HEALING OF THE MAN BORN BLIND. JESUS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. HOSTILITY TO HIS FOLLOWERS. John 9:1. The Miracle. The expression passed by (_cf._ Mark 1:16) does not necessarily connect the...
HOW WERE THINE EYES OPENED? They were astounded. In surprise they demand an explanation. His reply is so laconic as to stamp him as. more than ordinary man. The literal rendering of the account of wh...
When he had said this he spat on the ground, and made clay from the spittle, and he smeared the clay on his eyes and said to him: "Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam." (The word "Siloam" means "sent.") So...
LIGHT FOR THE BLIND EYES (John 9:1-5)...
ANSWERED AND SAID. See App-122 and note or Deuteronomy 1:41. TO. unto. Greek. _eis.App-104._ RECEIVED SIGHT. looked up [and saw]. App-133....
_A man that is called Jesus_ This looks as if he had heard little of the fame of Jesus. But the better reading gives, -The man that is called Jesus," which points the other way. _made clay_ He does n...
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....
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...
11. After ἘΚΕΙ͂ΝΟΣ omit καὶ εἶπεν with אBCDL against A. Ὁ ἌΝΘΡΩΠΟΣ Ὁ ΛΕΓΌΜΕΝΟΣ (אBL) for ἄνθρ. λεγ. (AD). ΤῸΝ (אBDLX) for τὴν κολυμβήθραν τοῦ (A). 11. ἘΚΕΙ͂ΝΟΣ. S. John’s fondness for this pronoun has...
THE SIGN...
8. The neighbors therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? 9. Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he....
ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΆΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать, ΛΕΓΌΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. pass. part. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) звать; _pass._ носить имя. ΈΠΈΧΡΙΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ John 9:6. ΫΠΑΓΕ _praes. imp...
A MAN THAT IS CALLED JESUS, &C.— It appears from this verse, that the beggar knew that it was Jesus who spake to him. Probably he distinguished him by his voice, having formerly heard him preach; or h...
A BLIND MAN HEALED _Text 9:1-12_ 1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man, or his parents, that he should be born b...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 9:8-23 We begin with our usual Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— In our last chapter we pointed out how that the opening verses of John 9 suppl...
He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. HE ANSWERED AN...
1 The sixth sign brings before us Israel's blindness, and the opening of their eyes when they recognize Him as the One Whom God has commissioned, at His return. It anticipates the crisis of His minist...
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...
A MAN THAT IS CALLED JESUS. — Some of the better MSS. read, “_The_ Man that is called Jesus,” implying that He would be known to the blind man and his friends. They can hardly have failed to hear of H...
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...
_The people discuss the man's identity_....
JESUS OPENS BLIND EYES John 9:1-12 At the close of the previous chapter our Lord bore the contradiction of sinners against Himself. The Jews had caught up the stones gathered to repair the Temple, in...
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...
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...
“ _His neighbors therefore, and those who before saw him begging_, _said, Is not this he that sat and begged?_ 9. _Some said, It is he; others, He is like him. He said, I am Hebrews 10_. _Thereupon th...
The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him, that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? (9) Some said, This is he. Others said, He is like him, but he said, I am he....
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...
11._And after I had gone and washed. _So happy a result of obedience warns us to surmount every obstacle, and to proceed courageously wherever the Lord calls us, and not even to entertain a doubt that...
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, A MAN THAT IS CALLED JESUS,.... Whom he had as yet little knowledge of, only by some means or another he had learned his name; MADE CLAY AND ANOINTED MINE EYES, c. John 9:6, Jo...
He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. Ver. 11. _I went...
John 9:10 ; JOHN 9:12. _How were thine eyes opened?_ The fact being ascertained that a man, born blind, had received his sight, they are disposed to inquire how so extraordinary an event was brought a...
HE ANSWERED AND SAID, A MAN THAT IS CALLED JESUS MADE CLAY, AND ANOINTED MINE EYES, AND SAID UNTO ME, GO TO THE POOL OF SILOAM AND WASH; AND I WENT AND WASHED, AND I RECEIVED SIGHT....
The excitement caused by the miracle:...
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...
8-12 Those whose eyes are opened, and whose hearts are cleansed by grace, being known to be the same person, but widely different in character, live as monuments to the Redeemer's glory, and recommen...
By one that was CALLED JESUS; probably he had heard some of the people mention him by that name; and he describeth to them the manner how he did it....
John 9:11 He G1565 answered G611 (G5662) and G2532 said G2036 (G5627) Man G444 called G3004 ...
The conflict of Jesus with the Jews begins to draw to a close. At the last verse of the preceding chapter Jesus had hidden Himself and gone out of the temple, leaving it in possession of those who had...
John 9:11. HE ANSWERED, THE MAN THAT IS CALLED JESUS MADE CLAY, AND ANOINTED MINE EYES, AND SAID UNTO ME, GO TO SILOAM, AND WASH. I WENT AWAY THEREFORE AND WASHED, AND I RECEIVED SIGHT. This man, then...
THE MAN THAT IS CALLED JESUS (ο ανθρωπος ο λεγομενος Ιησους). He does not yet know Jesus as the Messiah the Son of God (John 9:36).I RECEIVED SIGHT (ανεβλεψα). First aorist active indicative of αν...
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...
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 answer...
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._ Therefore the man could not see Jesus, but the more important matter was that Christ could see the blind man. And you,...
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...
_And as Jesus passed by He saw a man which was blind from his birth_ JESUS AND THE BLIND MAN I. CHRONIC BLINDNESS. 1. A type of spiritual need (John 9:1; Ephesians 4:18; 2Co Luke 2:34;...
_The neighbours, therefore … said, Is not this he that sat and begged_ TYPES OF CHARACTER IN RELATION TO CHRIST’S WORK--THOSE WHO ARE ONLY SPECULATIVELY INTERESTED IN THE WORK As a stone cast into a...
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 9:1. The connection of this narrative with what precedes and what follows is variously stated. Westcott, _e.g._, supposes that the occurrence took place at the fe...
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...
Jeremiah 36:17; John 9:27; John 9:6; John 9:7...
To the pool of Siloam. The best texts read simply, Go to Siloam. Received sight [α ν ε β λ ε ψ α]. Originally, to look up, as Matthew 14:19; Mark 16:4, and so some render it here; but better, I recove...
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...