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Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

John 9:39-41

"The concluding verses contain a saying which is thoroughly in the manner of the Synoptists (cf. Matthew 15:14; Matthew 23:16-17; Matthew 23:24; Matthew 23:26). It also supplies a warranty for ascribing a typical significance to miracles.

That the Synoptists do not relate this miracle does not affect its historical character, as the whole of these events in Judaea are equally omitted by them.… The vague and shifting outlines of the Synoptic narrative allow ample room for all the insertions that are made in them with so much precision by S. John." S. pp. 165, 166.

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 39. _FOR JUDGMENT I AM COME_] I am come to manifest and execute the just judgment of God: 1. By giving _sight_ to the _blind_, and _light_ to the _Gentiles_ who sit in darkness. 2. By removing...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR JUDGMENT - The word “judgment,” here, has been by some understood in the sense of condemnation - “The effect of my coming is to condemn the world. But this meaning does not agree with those places...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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. ...

  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    FOR JUDGMENT. AM COME INTO THIS WORLD. He came into the world to save it, but the effect of his coming is to reveal every man's true condition. The light reveals the stains that would otherwise be uns...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    LIGHT FOR THE BLIND EYES (John 9:1-5)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FOR JUDGMENT. AM COME. Referring to the effect of His coming: John 12:47 refers to the _object_ of His coming. FOR. Greek. _eis._ App-104. JUDGMENT. App-177. INTO. Greek. _eis._ BE MADE. become....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Catena Aurea Commentary

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  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND JESUS SAID, FOR JUDGMENT, &C.— In these words directed to the people who happened to be present, or to come up while Jesus was talking with the blind man, our Lord alluded to the cure lately perfo...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Combined Bible Commentary

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (8) And Jesus said, For (g) judgment I am come into this world, that they (h) which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. (8) Christ enlightens all those by the preaching of...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    OPTICAL ENIGMAS John 9:39-41. “ _And Jesus said_, _For judgment I came into the world_, _in order that those not seeing may see_, _and those seeing may be made blind. Certain ones of the Pharisees bei...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    “ _And Jesus said, I am come into this world to exercise this judgment, that those who see not may see, and that those who see may become blind._ 40. _And those of the Pharisees who were with him hear...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The judgment upon willful blindness:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND JESUS SAID, FOR JUDGMENT I AM COME INTO THIS WORLD, THAT THEY WHICH SEE NOT MIGHT SEE; AND THAT THEY WHICH SEE MIGHT BE MADE BLIND....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    There is a great variety in interpreters notions about the JUDGMENT here mentioned. Some think that by it is meant the Divine counsel and decree: I am come into the world, to execute the just will, an...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    John 9:39 And G2532 Jesus G2424 said G2036 (G5627) For G1519 judgment G2917 I G1473 come G2064 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    FOR JUDGEMENT (εις κριμα). The Father had sent the Son for this purpose (John 3:17). This world (κοσμος) is not the home of Jesus. The κριμα (judgement), a word nowhere else in John, is the result o...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 Bible Study New Testament

    I CAME TO THIS WORLD TO JUDGE. Not as a "judge on the bench," but to force people to "sort themselves out." Compare notes on Matthew 11:25; John 6:37. Those who "become blind," refuse to see Truth....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _For judgment I have come into the world_ CHRIST’S MISSION TO THE WORLD I. HAS TWO APPARENTLY OPPOSITE RESULTS. 1. Of these (1) One is the greatest blessing: “That they which see not might see.” Al...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 John 2:11; 1 Peter 2:9; 2 Corinthians 2:16; 2 Corinthians 4:4;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Judgment [κ ρ ι μ α]. Not the act of judgment, but its result. His very presence in the world constitutes a separation, which is the primitive idea of judgment, between those who believe on Him and th...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    For judgment am I come into the world — That is, the consequence of my coming will be, that by the just judgment of God, while the blind in body and soul receive their sight, they who boast they see,...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    In these words our Saviour declares not the intentional design, but the accidental event, of his coming into the world, namely, 1. That those who were blind might receive sight. 2. That those who pr...

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