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John 9 - Introduction

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.

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See also John 9 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _THE MAN THAT WAS BORN BLIND RESTORED TO SIGHT: HE IS BROUGHT TO THE PHARISEES: THEY ARE OFFENDED AT IT, AND EXCOMMUNICATE HIM, BUT HE IS RECEIVED OF JESUS, AND CONFESSETH HIM. WHO THEY ARE WHOM CHRIS...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER NINE If it were not so tragic, this ninth chapter would be comical. Here is a man blind from birth healed by the Nazarene and the Pharisees, rather than accept the evident fact that Jesus had...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:2 _ He_ (c-1) In John, the personal pronoun, generally emphatic in Greek where inserted, is used so constantly that it can hardly be considered such in many cases, but certain instances which are c...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    IX. [(_b_)_ Jesus is Light_ (continued). (_δ_) Physical light given to the man born blind (John 9:1): The miracle itself (John 9:1). The objections of the Pharisees, and the witness of the suffere...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 9. _ The healing of a man born blind and the discussions arising out of this miracle_....

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

    SECOND CYCLE: CHAPTS. 9 AND 10. The consequences of the first point of departure, the healing of the impotent man, chap. 5, are exhausted. A new miracle produces a renewed breaking out of hatred among...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    * Christ give sight to one born blind. (1-7) The account given by the blind man. (8-12) The Pharisees question the man that had been blind. (13-17) They ask concerning him. (18-23) They cast him out....

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE HEALING OF THE MAN BORN BLIND (JOHN 9). It is no accident that this incident follows Jesus' claim to be ‘the light of the world' (John 8:12) who enables those who ‘walk in darkness' to see. And as...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    PART IV. (C.) III. THE GROWING CONFLICT, ETC. 1. _Jesus manifested as the light of men._— (1) Shown by the typical “sign” of healing the man born blind (John 9:1); (2) the opposition of Christ’s ene...

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