Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 9:34
Born in sin — And therefore, they supposed, born blind. They cast him out — Of the synagogue; excommunicated him.
Born in sin — And therefore, they supposed, born blind. They cast him out — Of the synagogue; excommunicated him.
Verse 34. _THOU WAST ALTOGETHER BORN IN SINS_] Thou hast not only been a vile wretch in some other pre-existent state, but thy parents also have been grossly iniquitous; therefore thou and they are pu...
WAST BORN IN SINS - That is, thou wast born in a state of blindness a state which proved that either thou or thy parents had sinned, and that this was the punishment for it. See John 9:2. Thou wast cu...
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. ...
THE INCOMPETENCE AND ANGER OF THE AUTHORITIES. In what follows the actors are described first as Pharisees, then as Jews, the larger party of whom the Pharisees are one section. In John 9:13 the attem...
THOU WAST ALTOGETHER BORN IN SINS. In verse. it is asked: "Did this man sin that he should be born blind?" They, probably in reference to that belief, declare that he was born "in sins," yet he would...
Now the Jews refused to believe that he had been blind and had become able to see, until they called the parents of the man who had become able to see, and asked them: "Is this your son? And do you sa...
LIGHT FOR THE BLIND EYES (John 9:1-5)...
ALTOGETHER. wholly. SINS. App-128. THOU. Note the emphasis. CAST HIM OUT. Nqt the same word as in John 9:22. OUT. outside....
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....
_Thou wast altogether born in sins_ -In sins (first for emphasis) every part of thy nature (comp. John 13:10) has been steeped from thy birth; thou wast born a reprobate." They hold the same belief as...
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...
OPPOSITE RESULTS OF THE SIGN...
ἘΝ ἉΜΑΡΤ. ΣΎ. Emphatic: ‘In sins wast thou born altogether; thou art a born reprobate; and thou, dost thou teach us?’ ὍΛΟΣ. ‘Every part of thy nature (comp. John 13:10) has been steeped in sins from t...
Ver 24. Then again called they the man that was blind, and said to him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. 25. He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one...
ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.), см._ John 9:3. ΈΓΕΝΝΉΘΗΣ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΓΕΝΝΆΩ, _см._ John 9:2. ΌΛΟΣ (G3650) весь целиком, полный; praed. пош. (RWP). ΈΞΈΒΑΛΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΚΒΆΛΛΩ ...
THE QUESTIONED BECOMES QUESTIONER _Text 9:24-34_ 24 So they called a second time the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give glory to God: we know that this man is a sinner. 25 He therefore a...
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...
They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. THEY ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, THOU WAST ALTOGETHER BORN IN SINS, AND DOST THOU...
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...
BORN IN SINS] This gives the clue to John 9:2. The Pharisees assume that the man had been born blind as a punishment for exceptional wickedness, which began even before birth. CAST HIM OUT] i.e. exco...
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...
THOU WAST ALTOGETHER BORN IN SINS. — Their reproach now takes the most malignant form, and shrinks not from casting in his teeth the calamity of his birth as the mark of special sin. “Thou didst come...
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 man is examined by the Pharisees, who eventually excommunicate him_,...
Ἐν ἁμαρτίαις … ἔξω. “In sins thou wast wholly born, and dost thou teach us?” They refer his blindness to sin, and reproach him with his calamity. Sin, they say, was branded on the whole man; he was ma...
WILLFUL BLINDNESS John 9:26-34 “What a contrast between the opening and the closing of this chapter! The blind sees! The beggar is enriched! The outcast on the Temple steps is a worshiper in the temp...
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...
They answered and said unto him, (f) Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. (f) You are wicked even from your cradle, and as we used to say, there is nothin...
EXCOMMUNICATION John 9:22-34. “ _His parents said this because they feared the Jews_; _for already the Jews had entered into a covenant that if any one may confess Christ_, _he must be put out of the...
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...
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...
“ _They called, for the second time, the man who had been blind, and they said to him, Give glory to God; we know that this man is a wicked person._ 25. _He answered them, Whether he is a wicked perso...
They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. (14) And it was the sabbath-day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. (15) Then again the Pharisees also asked him, how he had rece...
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...
34._Thou wast altogether born in sins _They alluded, I doubt not, to his blindness; as proud men are wont to teaze those who have any distress or calamity; and, therefore, they continually insult him,...
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...
THEY ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM,.... Being nettled, and stung at what he said, and not able to confute his reasoning; and it is amazing that a man that could never read the Scriptures, who had had no...
They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. Ver. 24. _Thou wast altogether born in sins_] Because born blind: so they upbraid hi...
_The man answered_ Utterly illiterate as he was: and with what strength and clearness of reason! So had God opened the eyes of his understanding, as well as his bodily eyes! _Why, herein is a marvello...
CAST HIM OUT; of the synagogue....
Jesus reveals Himself:...
THEY ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, THOU WAST ALTOGETHER BORN IN SINS, AND DOST THOU TEACH US? AND THEY CAST HIM OUT....
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...
CAST HIM OUT: Or, excommunicated him...
24-34 As Christ's mercies are most valued by those who have felt the want of them, that have been blind, and now see; so the most powerful and lasting affections to Christ, arise from actual knowledg...
OLBGrk; The Pharisees seeing that they could by no arts bring this poor blind man to their lure, either to deny, or speak any thing in abatement of the miracle which Christ had wrought upon him; nor y...
John 9:34 answered G611 (G5662) and G2532 said G2036 (G5627) him G846 You G4771 were G1080 completely...
‘They answered and said to him, “You were totally born in sins, and will you try to teach us?” And they threw him out.' They had no answer to his logic, and so, as such men will when they will not ad...
John 9:34. THEY ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, THOU WAST ALTOGETHER BORN IN SINS, AND DOST THOU TEACH US? AND THEY PUT HIM OUT. The original is very graphic: In sins wast _thou_ born, all of thee, and _t...
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...
THOU WAST ALTOGETHER BORN IN SIN (εν αμαρτιαις συ εγεννηθης ολος). First aorist passive indicative of γενναω. "In sins thou wast begotten (or born) all of thee." Hολος is predicate nominative and t...
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_ 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?_ The proced...
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...
YOU WERE BORN AND RAISED IN SIN? This is the Jewish answer [their answer] to question in John 9:2. If they can't dispute what he says, they can expel him, and they do!...
_Then again called they the man_ THE SECOND EXAMINATION OF THE MAN I. INTIMIDATION. The hostile section sought to overbear the man’s judgment by their superior knowledge and position. They, the heave...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 9:34 CAST HIM OUT means expulsion from the synagogue (see note on Luke 4:16). The way this is done suggests an impulsive action rather than a formal procedure....
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...
_They answered_, &c. _, in sins_, both in mind and body, for thou wast born blind by reason of thy sin. For they held the tenet of Pythagoras that the soul existed before the body, and that it was in...
_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...
1 Corinthians 5:13; 1 Corinthians 5:4; 1 Corinthians 5:5; 1 Peter 5:5;...
Altogether [ο λ ο ς]. Literally, all of thee. In sins. Standing first in the Greek order, and emphatic, as is also su thou, in both instances. "In sins wast thou born, all of thee; and dost thou teac...
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. special instance of Pharisaical pride; they account this poor man. vile person, whom heaven had marked by his native blindness for some extraordinary wickedness. How prone are we to j...