Verse John 9:3. _NEITHER HATH THIS MAN SINNED, NOR HIS PARENTS_] That is, the blindness of this person is not occasioned by any sin of his own, nor of his parents, but has happened in the ordinary co...
NEITHER HATH THIS MAN SINNED ... - That is, his blindness is not the effect of his sin, or that of his parents. Jesus did not, evidently, mean to affirm that he or his parents were without any sin, bu...
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...
NEITHER HATH THIS MAN SINNED, NOR HIS PARENTS. Jesus, does not affirm that they were sinless, but that their sins were not the cause of the calamity. We are not justified in asserting that the suffer...
As Jesus was passing by, he saw a man who was blind from the day of his birth. "Rabbi." his disciples said to him, "who was it who sinned that he was born blind--this man or his parents?" "It was neit...
LIGHT FOR THE BLIND EYES (John 9:1-5)...
JESUS. See App-98. NEITHER... NOR. Greek. _oute... oute._ BUT THAT. Supply the _Ellipsis:_ but [he was born blind] in order that. Here we have the real answer to the question in John 9:2. WORKS. Se...
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...
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....
Christ shews that there is a third alternative, which their question assumes that there is not. Moreover He by implication warns them against assuming a connexion between suffering and sin in individu...
3. Christ shews that there is a third alternative, which their question assumes that there is not. Moreover He by implication warns them against assuming, like Job’s friends, a connexion between suffe...
THE PRELUDE TO THE SIGN...
Ver 1. And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. 2. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? 3. Jesus answ...
ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΆΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать, ΦΑΝΕΡΩΘΉ _aor. conj. pass. от_ ΦΑΝΕΡΌΩ (G5319) прояснять, проявлять; здесь в _знач._ "выводить на свет". _Conj._ с ΊΝ (G2443) выражае...
HIS DISCIPLES ASKED HIM, SAYING, &C.— Some have thought that the Jews, having derived from the Egyptians the doctrines of the pre-existence and transmigration of souls, (see Wis 8:19-20.) supposed tha...
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 CHAPTER 31 John 9:1-7 Below will be found an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— That there is an intimate connection between John 8 and John 9 is ma...
Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. JESUS ANSWERED, NEITHER HATH THIS MAN SINNED, NOR HIS PARENTS: BUT THAT THE...
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...
As in Luke 13:1, Jesus rebukes the hasty inference, common among the Jews (see e.g. Job 4:7), that misfortunes are always the direct result of sin. As a matter of fact diseases often come as part of t...
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...
JESUS ANSWERED, NEITHER HATH THIS MAN SINNED, NOR HIS PARENTS. — The answer is, of course, to be understood with the limitation of the question, “that he was born blind.” Neither his special sin nor t...
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...
Both alternatives are rejected by Jesus, Οὔτε … αὐτοῦ. And another solution is suggested, ἵνα … αυτῷ. Evil furthers the work of God in the world. It is in conquering and abolishing evil He is manifest...
_The cure narrated_....
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...
Jesus answered, (a) Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. (a) Christ reasons here as his disciples thought, who presupposed that no...
When Christ says that neither he nor his parents had sinned, we must not understand that he was born without original sin, nor even that he had not committed other sins. For both he and his parents ha...
CHAPTER 7 METEMPSYCHOSIS John 9:1-3. This word means the transmigration of souls, a doctrine, long ages ago, exceedingly prevalent in India, China, Japan, and many other Oriental countries, going on...
“ _And in passing, he saw a man blind from birth;_ 2 _and his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?_ 3. _Jesus answered, Neither did...
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 answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. When our Lord gave this answer to his disciples, that neither this man nor his...
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...
_THE MYSTERY OF SUFFERING_ ‘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 b...
3.Neither did this man sin, nor his parents. Christ does not absolutely say that the blind man, and his parents, were free from all blame; but he declares that we ought not to seek the cause of the bl...
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...
JESUS ANSWERED, NEITHER HATH THIS MAN SINNED, NOR HIS PARENTS,.... Not but that both were guilty of original sin, and had committed actual transgressions; but Christ's answer is to be considered agree...
Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. Ver. 3. _But that the works of God, &c._] _Hinc Alexander Ales, Poena, inquit,...
_And as Jesus passed by_ The word Jesus is not in the Greek, which is παραγων ειδεν ανθρωπον τυφλον, _and passing on; he found a man blind from his birth_ This chapter, therefore, seems to be a contin...
NEITHER; neither his sin nor theirs was the cause of his blindness. THAT THE WORKS OF GOD; the man was born blind, that Christ, by performing the divine work of healing him, might show himself to be...
JESUS ANSWERED, NEITHER HATH THIS MAN SINNED NOR HIS PARENTS, BUT THAT THE WORKS OF GOD SHOULD BE MADE MANIFEST IN HIM....
HEALING OF THE MAN THAT WAS BORN BLIND. 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...
1-7 Christ cured many who were blind by disease or accident; here he cured one born blind. Thus he showed his power to help in the most desperate cases, and the work of his grace upon the souls of si...
Our Saviour must not be understood here, as either asserting the blind man or his parents free from sin, and a degree of sin deserving such a punishment; but as speaking to his disciples question stri...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V And therefore, when His disciples asked Him for what cause the man had been born blind, whether for his own or his parents' fault, He replied, "Neither hath this man...
John 9:3 Jesus G2424 answered G611 (G5662) Neither G3777 man G3778 nor G3777 his G846 parents G1118 sinned...
‘Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God might be revealed clearly in him.” Jesus replied, ‘It was not this man or his parents who sinned. It happened so th...
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 9:3. JESUS ANSWERED, NEITHER DID THIS MAN SIN, NOR HIS PARENTS: BUT THAT THE WORKS OF GOD SHOULD BE MADE MANIFEST IN HIM. It is obvious at once that Jesus does not deny the presence of sin in the...
BUT THAT THE WORKS OF GOD SHOULD BE MADE MANIFEST IN HIM (αλλ' ινα φανερωθη τα εργα του θεου εν αυτω). Jesus denies both alternatives, and puts God's purpose (αλλ' ινα with first aorist subjunctive...
SINNED SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
John 9:1 Sin a Disease I. The instinct that there is a connection between sin and penalty is universal and from God. The grossest forms of sacrifice that have made the name of religion horrible had t...
John 9:2 The Discipline of Sorrow It is not very easy to see, nor is it necessary for us to determine, in what way the disciples thought that a man could be born blind in consequence of his own sins....
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...
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? 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...
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...
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...
JESUS ANSWERED. He states that neither this man's sins nor his parent's sins have anything to do with his blindness. Pain and trouble is part of the _curse_ placed on this world (Genesis 3:16-19; Roma...
_Who did sin, this man, or his parents?_ WHAT THE MASTER AND WHAT THE DISCIPLES SAW At such a time it was very wonderful that He should see anything but the way out. His life was in peril. The plot w...
_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...
_Jesus answered_, &c. Christ denies not that he and his parents had sinned both by original and actual sin. But He denies that he was condemned to blindness for these sins, beyond other people, who ha...
_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...
Acts 28:4; Acts 4:21; Ecclesiastes 9:1; Ecclesiastes 9:2; Job 1:8;...
But that [α λ λ ι ν α]. There is an ellipsis : but (he was born blind) that....
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...
Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents — It was not the manner of our Lord to answer any questions that were of no use, but to gratify an idle curiosity. Therefore he determines...
Christ's answer must not be understood absolutely, as if he denied this man and his parents to be guilty of sin, for both he and they had sin enough, not only to deserve temporal blindness, but eterna...