Verse John 9:14. _IT WAS THE SABBATH_] Some of the ancient rabbins taught, and they have been followed by some moderns, not much better skilled in physic than themselves, that the _saliva_ is a cure f...
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...
IT WAS THE SABBATH DAY. Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath. We have found in the case of the miracle at the pool of Bethesda how they were angered by any apparent violation of the day. They tried to observ...
LIGHT FOR THE BLIND EYES (John 9:1-5)...
They brought him, the man who had been blind, to the Pharisees. The day on which Jesus had made the clay and opened his eyes was the Sabbath day. So the Pharisees asked him again how sight had come to...
AND. Now. THE SABBATH DAY. a sabbath. Compare John 5:10. MADE THE CLAY. Held then to be. breach of the law...
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...
_it was the sabbath_ We cannot be sure whether this is the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles (John 7:37) or the next Sabbath. There were seven miracles of mercy wrought on the Sabbath: 1. Withered...
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....
OPPOSITE RESULTS OF THE SIGN...
ἘΝ ἮΙ ἩΜΈΡΑΙ for ὅτε (simplification) with אBLX against AD. 14. ἮΝ ΔῈ Σ. ἘΝ ἯΙ ἩΜ. _Now it was a Sabbath on the day on which_: τ. πηλὸν ἐποίησεν is specially stated as being an aggravation of the offe...
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....
ΗΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть, ΈΝ Ή ΉΜΈΡΣΙ день, в который, ΈΠΟΊΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать, совершать. ΆΝΈΩΞΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΟΊΓΩ (G455) открывать....
AND OPENED HIS EYES.— This phrase shews that the man's blindness proceeded not from any fault or defect in the organs of vision, but from his entire want of those organs: his eyelids were grown togeth...
THE BLIND MAN INVESTIGATED _Text 9:13-23_ 13 They bring to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. 14 Now it was the sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. 15 Aga...
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...
And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. AND [OR, 'NOW' de (G1161 )] IT WAS THE SABBATH DAY WHEN JESUS MADE THE CLAY, AND OPENED HIS EYES. The connection between...
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...
The conduct of Jesus was illegal in two ways: (1) IT WAS FORBIDDEN TO RENDER MEDICAL aid on the sabbath, unless there was imminent danger of death; (2) there was a special provision against applying s...
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 IT WAS THE SABBATH DAY — _i.e.,_ most probably, the last day, that great day of the feast of John 7:37. Nothing has taken place which makes it necessary to suppose any interval, and though the dis...
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_,...
The reason of this action was that the cure had been wrought on a Sabbath. [“Prohibitum erat sputum oculo illinere Sabbato, sub notione aliquâ medicinali,” Lightfoot.]...
THE TESTIMONY OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE John 9:13-25 The jealous Pharisees now set themselves to discredit the miracle and to throw suspicion upon the witness. But their hostility, prompted by jealousy...
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...
SABBATICAL FANATICISM John 9:13-16. “ _They lead him to the Pharisees_, _who was at one time blind. And it was the Sabbath_, _on which day Jesus made the mortar and opened his eyes. Then again the Pha...
“ _They lead the man who was formerly blind to the Pharisees._ 14. _Now it was the Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened the eyes of this_ Man 1:15. _In their turn, the Pharisees also asked him...
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...
VER. 14. _Keil_ remarks that the expression is not _for_, but _now_ (δέ). There is therefore no indication here of the reason for which they brought him; it is an incidental remark, explanatory of wha...
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...
14._Now it was the Sabbath. _Christ purposely selected _the Sabbath-day_, which must have given ground of offense to the Jews. He had already found, in the case of the paralytic, that this work was li...
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 IT WAS THE SABBATH DAY WHEN JESUS MADE THE CLAY,.... Which was reckoned a violation of the sabbath, John 9:16, and was one reason why they had the man to the Pharisees to be examined, and why they...
And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. Ver. 14. _It was the sabbath day_] And our Saviour knew it would be as ill resented as that other miracle on the sabbath day...
_They brought to the Pharisees him that was blind_ They brought him to the sanhedrim, which consisted chiefly of Pharisees, at least the Pharisees in the sanhedrim were most active against Christ. Som...
AND IT WAS THE SABBATH-DAY WHEN JESUS MADE THE CLAY AND OPENED HIS EYES....
The inquiry of the Pharisees:...
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...
13-17 Christ not only worked miracles on the sabbath, but in such a manner as would give offence to the Jews, for he would not seem to yield to the scribes and Pharisees. Their zeal for mere rites co...
It was observed before, that Christ made choice of the sabbath day, as the day wherein he did many of his mighty works. It was on the sabbath day that he cured the impotent man who lay at the pool of...
John 9:14 Now G1161 was G2258 (G5713) Sabbath G4521 when G3753 Jesus G2424 made G4160 (G5656) clay
‘Now it was the Sabbath on the day that Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.' The day of the healing was the Sabbath, and according to the teaching of the Rabbis all healing, apart from emergency...
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 9:14. NOW IT WAS THE SABBATH ON THE DAY WHEN JESUS MADE THE CLAY, AND OPENED HIS EYES. It is very interesting to compare this verse with the similar words in chap. John 5:9-10. The only offence e...
NOW IT WAS THE SABBATH (ην δε σαββατον). Literally, "Now it was a sabbath" (no article). To the Pharisees this fact was a far more important matter than whether or how the thing was done. See Volum...
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? 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, 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...
WAS A SABBATH. That is, Saturday. Compare John 5:16-17 and notes....
_They brought to the Pharisees him_ THE FIRST EXAMINATION OF THE MAN I. AN IMPORTANT ADMISSION. The Pharisees recognized that the man saw (John 9:13). If therefore he had been previously blind, ther...
_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;...
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 5:16; John 5:9; John 7:21; Luke 13:10; Luke 14:1;...
It was the Sabbath day when [η ν δ ε σ α β β α τ ο ν ο τ ε]. The best texts read, instead of ote when, ejn h= hJmera on which day. Literally, it was a Sabbath on the day on which....
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...
Anointing the eyes — With any kind of medicine on the Sabbath, was particularly forbidden by the tradition of the elders....