I must work [ε μ ε δ ε ι ε ρ γ α ζ ε σ θ α ι]. The best texts read hJmav, us, instead of ejme, me. Literally, it is necessary for us to work. The disciples are thus associated by Jesus with Himself. Compare John 3:11.
Sent me, not us. The Son sends the disciples, as the Father sends the Son.
JOHN 9:4 h`ma/j dei/ … pe,myanto,j me {C} Although it is difficult to choose among the readings, a majority of the Committee preferred h`ma/j dei/, (_a_) because of its somewhat superior external sup...
Verse John 9:4. _WHILE IT IS DAY_] Though I plainly perceive that the cure of this man will draw down upon me the malice of the Jewish rulers, yet I must accomplish the work for which I came into the...
THE WORKS OF HIM ... - The works of beneficence and mercy which God has commissioned me to do, and which are expressive of his goodness and power. This was on the Sabbath day John 9:14; and though Jes...
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...
THE NIGHT COMETH, WHEN NO MAN CAN WORK. The works of God are to be made manifest in the blind man; Christ must work those works while the short day of life lasteth; the night of death soon cometh to e...
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)...
I MUST WORK.. Tr WH. read "We"; but not the Syriac. See App-94. note 3, p. 136. WORK THE WORKS. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6), for emphasis. SENT. Greek. _pempo._ App-174. See note on John 1...
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....
_I must work_, &c. The reading here is somewhat doubtful, as to whether -I" or -we," -Me" or -us" is right in each case. The best authorities give, WE _must work the works of Him that sent Me_, and th...
ἩΜΑ͂Σ for ἐμέ (a correction to harmonize with με) with א1BL against א3AC. 4. ἩΜΑ͂Σ ΔΕΙ͂ … ΜΕ. The readings are doubtful as to whether ἡμᾶς or ἐμέ, με or ἡμᾶς is right in each place. The more difficult...
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...
ΔΕΙ (G1163) _praes. ind. act._ необходимо, с _inf._ указывает на логическую необходимость. ΈΡΓΆΖΕΣΘΑΙPRAES. _med. (dep.) inf. от_ ΕΡΓΆΖΟΜΑΙ (G2038) работать. _Inf._ в роли дополнения. _асс._ ΉΜΆΣ в ро...
DISCOURSE: 1658 THE NEED OF WORKING WHILST IT IS DAY John 9:4. _I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work_. IN the circumstances of mankind we...
I MUST WORK THE WORKS, &C.— called in the preceding verse _the works of God,—while it is day;_ that is, "while I have an opportunity;" _the night cometh,_ &c. "death is approaching, which as it puts a...
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...
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. I MUST WORK THE WORKS OF HIM THAT SENT ME, WHILE IT IS DAY: THE NIGHT COMETH, WHEN NO MAN CAN WOR...
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...
Jesus saw that His death was impending, and that His time for doing works of mercy was short....
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...
I MUST WORK THE WORKS OF HIM THAT SENT ME, WHILE IT IS DAY. — The better reading is probably that which has _we,_ instead of “I,” and perhaps also that which has _us,_ instead of “me”; but this latter...
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 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...
(2) I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is (b) day: the night cometh, when no man can work. (2) The works of Christ are is it were a light, which enlighten the darkness of the world....
_Whilst it is day. That is, during all the time of this mortal life; the night comes, that is, death. (Witham) --- He speaks of that night of which mention is made is St. Matthew chap. xxii. Cast him...
DAY AND NIGHT John 9:4-5. “ _It behooveth us to work the works of Him that sent us while it is day_; _the night cometh when no one is able to work. While I am in the world_, _I am the Light of the wor...
“ _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...
I must work the works of him that sent me while it is day: the night cometh when no man can work. (5) As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. I beg the Reader to pause over these ve...
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 BREVITY OF LIFE_ ‘I must work the works of Him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh.’ John 9:4 It is not merely of the literal shortness of our time, or the possible nearness of dea...
4._I must work the works of him who hath sent me. _He now testifies that he has been sent for the purpose of manifesting the kindness of God in giving sight to the blind man. He borrows also a compari...
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...
I MUST WORK THE WORKS OF HIM THAT SENT ME,.... This shows, that the works of God, that were to be manifest, were to be done by Christ: many were the works which the Father gave him to do, and which he...
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. Ver. 4. _While it is day_] As other men do, Psalms 104:22. None can say he shall have twelve hours...
_I must work the works of him that sent me_ Called in the preceding verse the works of God; that is, I must not cease doing this, however the malice of the Jews may be irritated thereby; I must not de...
I MUST WORK; the works of God-perform divine works. WHILE IT IS DAY; while I live on earth. THE NIGHT; death, which was to the Saviour the close of his earthly ministry....
I MUST WORK THE WORKS OF HIM THAT SENT ME WHILE IT IS DAY; THE NIGHT COMETH WHEN NO MAN CAN WORK....
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...
The Father, who sent Christ into the world, gave him work to do: his general work was, to glorify God upon the earth, 1 THESSALONIANS 17:4, as by working out the redemption of man, so by revealing his...
Tertullian Against Praxeas ; "[293] Origen Commentary on John Book I He is, indeed, the most determining and distinguished part of that world, and, as we may say, the sun who makes the great day of...
John 9:4 I G1691 must G1163 (G5748) work G2038 (G5738) works G2041 sent G3992 (G5660) Me G31
“It is necessary for us to work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night will come when no one can work. As long as I am in the world I am the light of the world.” Jesus recognised in t...
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 9:4. WE MUST WORK THE WORKS OF HIM THAT SENT ME, WHILE IT IS DAY: THE NIGHT COMETH, WHEN NO ONE CAN WORK. The substitution of ‘we' for ‘I' (a change supported by the best evidence) lends peculiar...
WE MUST WORK THE WORKS OF HIM THAT SENT ME (ημας δε εργαζεσθα τα εργα του πεμψαντος με). This is undoubtedly the correct text (supported by the Neutral and Western classes) and not εμε (I) and με (m...
John 9:4 The principle which makes work Christian is the will and the glory of God. In the midst of our working life, in the midst of our religious thought, in our times of devotion, in our hours of...
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 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...
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...
THE NIGHT IS COMING. All work stops when darkness comes. Jesus had a mission to fulfill during the "day" of his human life. That "day" would terminate with his death. So will ours!...
_I must work the works of Him that sent Me while it is day._ --When the Master (Him who sent) who has entrusted a task to the worker gives the signal, the latter must continue to work as long as the h...
_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;...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 9:4 WHILE IT IS DAY. The time when Jesus was here on earth. NIGHT. The time of Jesus’ crucifixion and death. WE indicates that Jesus involves his disciples in God’s work....
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...
_I must work_, &c. S. Chrysostom, Theophylact, and others understand by the word "day" the present life, and by "night" the future life. But this is what is common to all men. But Christ speaks of thi...
_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 4:20; Colossians 4:5; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Ephesians 5:16; Is
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...
The night is coming — Christ is the light. When the light is withdrawn night comes, when no man can work — No man can do any thing toward working out his salvation after this life is ended. Yet Christ...
Here our Saviour tells his disciples, That he was sent by God into the world, and had. great work assigned him by God, during his abode in it; namely to instruct, reform, and save mankind; and what ou...