Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary

John 9:36

36. Insert καὶ before τίς. Confusion with κύριε may have caused the omission. ΚΑΙ and Κ̅Ε̅ (= ΚΥΡΙΕ) are easily confounded, and κε τις εστιν κε would seem to have a superfluous κύριε.

CHRIST THE SOURCE OF TRUTH AND LIGHT ILLUSTRATED BY A SIGN

Light is given to the eyes of the man born blind and the Truth is revealed to His soul. The Jews who cast Him out for accepting the Truth rejected by themselves are left in their blindness, the faith of those who began to believe on Him (John 8:30) having failed under the test applied by Jesus (John 8:31-59).

36. ἐκεῖνος. See on John 9:11.

καὶ τίς ἐστιν. And who is he? or, Who is he then? The καὶ intensifies the question. Winer, p. 545. Comp. καὶ τίς ἐστί μου πλησίον; (Luke 10:29); καὶ τὶς δύναται σωθήναι; (John 18:26); καὶ τὶς ὁ εὑφραίνων με; (2 Corinthians 2:2). Κύριε should perhaps be rendered ‘Sir,’ as in John 4:11; John 4:15; John 4:19; John 4:49; John 5:7 : see on John 4:11 and John 6:34. But the man’s reverence increases, like that of the woman at the well.

ἵνα πιστ. He asks, not from curiosity, but in order to find the object of faith mentioned. He has faith, and more is given to him; he seeks and finds. Winer, p. 774.

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