John 9:41

Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth. JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, IF YE WERE BLIND - If ye wanted light to discern My claims, and only waited to receive it, $ YE SHOULD HAVE NO SIN - none of the guilt of shutting out the light. BUT NOW YE SAY, WE SEE; THEREFORE YOUR SIN REMAINETH - Your claim to possess light, while rejecting Me, is that which seals you up in the guilt of unbelief. Remarks: (1) Although the resurrection of Lazarus was beyond all doubt the greatest of our Lord's miracles, there is one particular in which the miracle of this chapter is even more marvelous. In all our Lord's miracles of healing, and even in the resurrection of the dead, He did but restore what had been already in use by the objects of His power and grace-seeing, hearing, walking, living. But here is o...

41._If you were blind. _These words may be explained in two ways; either, that ignorance would, in some degree, alleviate their guilt, if they were not fully convinced, and did not deliberately fight against the truth; or, that there was reason to hope that their disease of ignorance might be cured, if they would only acknowledge it. The former view is supported by the words of Christ, If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, (John 15:22.) But as it is added in this passage,_but now you say you see, _in order that the points of contrast may correspond to each other, it appears to be more consistent to explain them to mean, that he is _blind _who, aware of his own blindness, seeks a remedy to cure his disease. (281) In this way the meaning will be, “If y

39-41 Christ came into the world to give sight to those who were spiritually blind. Also, that those who see might be made blind; that those who have a high conceit of their own wisdom, might be sealed up in ignorance. The preaching of the cross was thought to be folly by such as by carnal wisdom knew not God. Nothing fortifies men's corrupt hearts against the convictions of the word, more than the high opinion which others have of them; as if all that gained applause with men, must obtain acceptance with God. Christ silenced them. But the sin of the self-conceited and self-confident remains; they reject the gospel of grace, therefore the guilt of their sin remains unpardoned, and the power of their sin remains unbroken....

Verse John 9:41. _IF YE WERE BLIND_] If ye had not had sufficient opportunities to have acquainted yourselves with my Divine nature, by the unparalleled miracles which I have wrought before you? and the holy doctrine which I have preached, then your rejecting me could not be imputed to you as sin; but because ye say, _we see_-we are perfectly capable of judging between a true and false prophet, and can from the Scriptures point out the _Messiah_ by his works-on this account you are guilty, and your sin is of no _common_ nature, _it remaineth_, i.e. it shall not be expiated: as ye have rejected the Lord from being your deliverer, so the Lord has rejected you from being his people. When the Scripture speaks of _sin remaining_, it is always put in opposition to _pardon_; for _pardon_ is termed the _taking away of sin_,...

IF YE WERE BLIND - If you were really blind had had no opportunities of learning the truth. If you were truly ignorant, and were willing to confess it, and to come to me for instruction. NO SIN - You would not be guilty. Sin is measured by the capacities or ability of people, and by their opportunities of knowing the truth. If people had no ability to do the will of God, they could incur no blame. If they have all proper ability, and no disposition, God holds them to be guilty. This passage teaches conclusively: 1.That people are not condemned for what they cannot do. 2.That the reason why they are condemned is that they are not disposed to receive the truth. 3.That pride and self-confidence are the sources of condemnation....

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 the note of time (John 10:22) implies an interval of some months of intense activity elsewhere—to have carried on the ministry of Christ from the Feast of Tabernacles to the winter. If John 10:22 points back, as Westcott argues by alteration of the Received Text and by special translation, to the preceding discourse, we are compelled to dissociate the cure of the blind man from the teaching of John 8:1., and to regard the opening verse of John 9:1. a

JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, IF YE WERE BLIND,.... And sensible of it, and knew yourselves to be blind, and were desirous of light and knowledge, YE WOULD HAVE NO SIN: or your sin would not be so aggravated; it would not be imputed to you; it would be pardoned and taken away from you: for the sense cannot be, that their blindness would not have been criminal, or they should have no sin in them, or any done by them; only, that had this been barely their case, there would have been some hope of them, that their sin might be forgiven, and put away, and be no more; see 1 Timothy 1:13; BUT NOW YE SAY WE SEE; they thought themselves to be wise and knowing, and stood in no need of any illumination from him, but were obstinate and hardened in their infidelity, and wilfully opposed and shut their eyes against all the light and evidence of truth: the

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, dear heart, may not yet have learned to look on Christ, but he can look on you in your blindness, and a look from him will speedily work a wondrous change in you. John 9:2. _And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?_ Many of Christ's disciples are still occupied in asking questions that serve no practical purpose, like this one, «Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?» John 9:3. Jesus answered, Neither

SIN SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...

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 9:35 .) The healing of the man born blind is a type and an illustration of how Christ, the Light, communicates light and how he who follows the Light walks no more in darkness, but has the light of life. (John 8:12 .) And before He healed the man He testified that His day of activity on earth as Man was rapidly drawing to its close. ...