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Verse 30. _WHY HEREIN IS A MARVELLOUS THING_] As if he had said, _This
is wonderful indeed_! Is it possible that such persons as you are,
whose business it is to distinguish good from evil, and who pr...
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A MARVELOUS THING - This is wonderful and amazing.
KNOW NOT FROM WHENCE HE IS - That you cannot perceive that he who has
performed such a miracle must be from God....
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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. ...
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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...
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LIGHT FOR THE BLIND EYES (John 9:1-5)...
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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...
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HEREIN. in (Greek. _en._ App-104.) this.
MARVELLOUS. wonderful....
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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...
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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....
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_a marvellous thing_ Some of the best MSS. read -the marvellous
thing." - _You_, the very people who ought to know such things (John
3:10), know not whether He is from God or not, and yet He opened my...
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OPPOSITE RESULTS OF THE SIGN...
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ΤῸ ΘΑΥΜΑΣΤΌΝ. THE _marvellous thing_, or _the marvel_.
‘_You_, the very people who ought to know such things (John 3:10),
know not whether He is from God or not, and yet He opened my eyes.’
‘You’ is e...
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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...
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ΘΑΥΜΑΣΤΌΣ (G2298) чудесный,
замечательный. ΉΝΟΙΞΈΝ _aor. ind. act. от_
ΆΝΟΊΓΩ, _см._ John 9:10....
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THE MAN ANSWERED— Utterly illiterate as he was!—and with what
strength and clearness of reason! Thus God had opened the eyes of his
understanding, as well as his bodily eyes. _"Why, herein is a
marvel...
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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...
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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...
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_THE MAN ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, WHY HEREIN IS A MARVELLOUS
THING, THAT YE KNOW NOT FROM WHENCE HE IS, AND YET HE HATH OPENED MINE
EYES._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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WHY HEREIN IS A MARVELLOUS THING. — Several of the better MSS. read
more emphatically, _the marvellous thing._ He again puts two
contradictory positions — their assertion that they knew not by what
au...
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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...
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This, in the face of the miracle, seems to the man a surprising
statement: Ἐν γὰρ τούτῳ, “why, herein is that which is
marvellous”. τὸ θαυμαστόν is the true reading. For the
use of γάρ in rejoinders s...
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_The man is examined by the Pharisees, who eventually excommunicate
him_,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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“ _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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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30._Certainly this is wonderful. _He indirectly reproves them for
remaining unmoved by a miracle so illustrious, and for pretending that
they did not know Christ’s calling; as if he had said, that it...
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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...
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THE MAN ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM,.... Very appropriately and
pertinently,
WHY HEREIN IS A MARVELLOUS THING; strange and unaccountable,
THAT YE KNOW NOT FROM WHENCE HE IS; that you learned doctors...
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The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing,
that ye know not from whence he is, and _yet_ he hath opened mine
eyes.
Ver. 30. _And yet he hath opened mine eyes_] Which was a...
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_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...
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THE MAN ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, WHY, HEREIN IS A MARVELOUS THING,
THAT YE KNOW NOT FROM WHENCE HE IS, AND YET HE HATH OPENED MINE EYES....
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The proper conclusion of the former blind man:...
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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...
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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...
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The opening of the eyes of the blind without the application of means
rationally probable for the producing such an effect, nay, by the
application of means which to all human reason seemed of a quite...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V
and Lazarus, who had lain four days in the tomb,[97]...
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John 9:30 man G444 answered G611 (G5662) and G2532 said G2036 (G5627)
them G846 Why G1063 this...
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‘The man answered and said to them, “Why, this is a marvel. You do
not know where he comes from, and yet he has opened my eyes? We know
that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipp...
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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...
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John 9:30-33. The man answered, and said unto them, why, herein is the
marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he
opened mine eyes. We know that God heareth not sinners; but if a...
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WHY, HEREIN IS THE MARVEL
(εν τουτω γαρ το θαυμαστον εστιν). This use
of γαρ (γε + αρα, accordingly indeed) to bring out an
affirmation from the previous words is common enough. "Why in this
very po...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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WHAT A STRANGE THING THIS IS! That a man who can open blind eyes would
be _unknown_ to the defenders of the faith! It is also strange that a
man who was a blind beggar just a few hours before would "t...
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_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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Corinthians 4:6; Isaiah 29:14; Isaiah 29:18; Isaiah 35:5; John 12:37
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A marvelous thing [θ α υ μ α σ τ ο ν]. The correct reading
adds the article, the marvel. So Rev.
Ye know not. Ye is emphatic : ye who might be expected to know about a
man who has wrought such a mira...
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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...
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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 marvellou...
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In these verses the blind man proceeds to vindicate our blessed
Saviour, who had cured him of his blindness, from the exceptions of
the Pharisees, and endeavours, by solid arguments to convince them,...