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Verse 25. _WHEREAS I WAS BLIND, NOW I SEE._] He pays no attention to
their cavils, nor to their perversion of justice; but, in the
simplicity of his heart, speaks _to the fact_, of the reality of whic...
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WHETHER HE BE A SINNER OR NO, I KNOW NOT - The man had just said that
he believed Jesus to be a prophet, John 9:17. By his saying that he
did not know whether he was a sinner may be meant that though...
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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. ...
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THE INCOMPETENCE AND ANGER OF THE AUTHORITIES. In what follows the
actors are described first as Pharisees, then as Jews, the larger
party of whom the Pharisees are one section. In John 9:13 the attem...
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HE ANSWERED.
His answer shows that he was the wrong kind of material to be
overawed. He enters into no dispute whether the Healer was. sinner or
not, but of one thing there could be no doubt: he had...
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LIGHT FOR THE BLIND EYES (John 9:1-5)...
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Now the Jews refused to believe that he had been blind and had become
able to see, until they called the parents of the man who had become
able to see, and asked them: "Is this your son? And do you sa...
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HE. Therefore he.
WHETHER. If. App-118....
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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....
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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...
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_He answered_ Better, THEREFORE _he answered_. He will not commit
himself, but keeps to the incontrovertible facts of the case.
_whereas I was blind_ Literally, _being a blind man_, but the Greek
part...
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ἘΚΕΙ͂ΝΟΣ. See on John 9:11. He will not argue or commit
himself, but keeps to the incontrovertible facts of the case.
ΤΥΦΛῸΣ ὬΝ. As in John 3:13 and John 19:38, we are in doubt
whether the participle...
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OPPOSITE RESULTS OF THE SIGN...
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Ver 24. Then again called they the man that was blind, and said to
him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. 25. He
answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one...
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ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.), см._ John 9:3.
ΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть.
Уступительное _part. Praes._ описывает
предшествующее, но длительное
состояние....
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WHETHER HE BE A SINNER OR NO, I KNOW NOT:— In this answer of the
beggar there is a strong and beautiful irony, founded on good sense;
and therefore it must have been felt by the doctors, through they...
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THE QUESTIONED BECOMES QUESTIONER
_Text 9:24-34_
24
So they called a second time the man that was blind, and said unto
him, Give glory to God: we know that this man is a sinner.
25
He therefore a...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 9:24-41
The following is offered as an Analysis of the passage which is to be
before us:—
"Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him,
Giv...
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He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one
thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
HE ANSWERED AND SAID, WHETHER HE BE A SINNER OR NO, I KNOW NOT: ONE
THING I K...
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16 It is notable how many of our Lord's recorded signs were done on
the sabbath. Doubtless this indicates the fact that their antitype is
to be found in the sabbatism which comes at His epiphany. When...
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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...
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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...
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WHETHER HE BE A SINNER OR NO, I KNOW NOT. — The words, “or no,”
are added to the text, but rightly complete the meaning. He, like his
parents, will confine himself to matters of fact coming under his...
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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...
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_The man is examined by the Pharisees, who eventually excommunicate
him_,...
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But they find in the man a kind of independence and obstinacy they are
not used to. Εἰ ἁμαρτωλός … βλέπω. He does not
question their knowledge, and he draws no express inferences from what
has happene...
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THE TESTIMONY OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
John 9:13-25
The jealous Pharisees now set themselves to discredit the miracle and
to throw suspicion upon the witness. But their hostility, prompted by
jealousy...
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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...
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EXCOMMUNICATION
John 9:22-34. “ _His parents said this because they feared the
Jews_; _for already the Jews had entered into a covenant that if any
one may confess Christ_, _he must be put out of the...
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ADROITNESS OF THIS MAN UNDER PROSECUTION
John 9:23-38. “ _Therefore his parents said_, _He is of age_; _ask
him. Then they called the man the second time who was blind_, _and
said to him_, _Give glory...
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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...
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“ _They called, for the second time, the man who had been blind, and
they said to him, Give glory to God; we know that this man is a wicked
person._ 25. _He answered them, Whether he is a wicked perso...
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They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. (14) And
it was the sabbath-day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
(15) Then again the Pharisees also asked him, how he had rece...
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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...
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_‘ONE THING I KNOW’_
‘He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one
thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.’
John 9:25
We must all have been struck by the simplici...
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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...
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HE ANSWERED AND SAID,.... That is, the man who had been blind, who
takes no notice of the confession they pressed him to, which is what
he could not do; there being no collusion in this case, he only...
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He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner _or no_, I know not: one
thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
Ver. 25. _Whether he be a sinner or no, &c._] That is, a notorious
impious ma...
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_Then again called they the man_ The court, finding that nothing could
be learned from the man's parents, by which the miracle could be
disproved, called the man himself a second time, and tried, by f...
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HE ANSWERED AND SAID, WHETHER HE BE A SINNER OR NO, I KNOW NOT; ONE
THING I KNOW, THAT, WHEREAS I WAS BLIND, NOW I SEE....
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A second interview with the former blind man:...
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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...
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24-34 As Christ's mercies are most valued by those who have felt the
want of them, that have been blind, and now see; so the most powerful
and lasting affections to Christ, arise from actual knowledg...
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This poor man being of no higher quality than a beggar, can be
presumed to have had no great education; yet his answer is as good as
could be expected from one of the greatest breeding, both for secur...
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John 9:25 G3767 He G1565 answered G611 (G5662) and G2532 said G2036
(G5627) Whether G1487 is...
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‘He therefore answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One
thing I do know, that whereas I was blind, now I see”.'
Without actually criticising them he brought home the important point
that th...
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The blind man, restored to sight, is brought before the Pharisees with
the view of instituting proceedings against Jesus, who, by the healing
on the Sabbath, had violated the sanctity of the day of re...
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John 9:25. He THEREFORE ANSWERED, WHETHER HE BE A SINNER, I KNOW NOT:
ONE THING I KNOW, THAT, WHEREAS I WAS BLIND, NOW I SEE. His simplicity
leaves them no real excuse for condemning: by his steel fas...
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ONE THING I KNOW
(εν οιδα). This man is keen and quick and refuses to fall into
the trap set for him. He passes by their quibbling about Jesus being a
"sinner" (αμαρτωλος) and clings to the one fac...
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John 9:25
I. The text points to the extreme importance of having, in religious
matters, the witness to the truth of God within ourselves. There are
three easily conceivable attitudes of mind which we...
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John 9:24
This history is of especial interest, because it gives us so
completely the history of the spiritual progress of a man who in the
day of our Lord's flesh was privileged to be brought into v...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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_One thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see._
Truly did Christ say, “I came not to send peace on the earth.”
Little did the man dream of the stir the miracle would make. So our
blessings...
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_Then again called they the man_
THE SECOND EXAMINATION OF THE MAN
I. INTIMIDATION. The hostile section sought to overbear the man’s
judgment by their superior knowledge and position. They, the
heave...
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_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;...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 John 5:10; John 5:11; John 9:30...
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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...