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Verse John 9:40. _ARE WE BLIND ALSO?_] These Pharisees understood
Christ as speaking of blindness in a _spiritual_ sense, and wished to
know if he considered _them_ in that state....
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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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ARE WE BLIND ALSO?
The form of the question implies that these Pharisees supposed that
Christ would answer in the negative. He had spoken of two classes,
those who did not see who should see; and tho...
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Jesus heard that they had put him out, so he found him and said to
him: "Do you believe in the Son of God?" "But who is he, sir, he
answered him, "that I might believe in him?" Jesus said to him: "You...
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LIGHT FOR THE BLIND EYES (John 9:1-5)...
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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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"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;...
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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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_And some of_ Better, THOSE _of_.
_Are we blind also?_ Or, SURELY WE ALSO ARE NOT BLIND? See on John
9:27. Of course they understand Him to be speaking figuratively. It is
strange that any should hav...
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OPPOSITE RESULTS OF THE SIGN...
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ἘΚ Τ. Φ … ὌΝΤΕΣ. THOSE _of the P. who were with Him_, who
still considered themselves in some degree His disciples.
ΜῊ ΚΑῚ ἩΜ. SURELY WE ALSO ARE NOT BLIND: comp. John 9:27;
John 6:67. Of course they...
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VER 1A. IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD,...
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ΆΚΟΥΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать,
ΌΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть,
ΜΉ (G3361) предполагает отр. ответ: "мы не
слепы, не правда ли?...
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SOME OF THE PHARISEES—HEARD THESE WORDS,— The Pharisees present,
hearing him speak thus, knew that he meant them in particular,
especially from the word _see,_ in the former verse, _seers_ being a
com...
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BLINDNESS INDEED!
_Text 9:35-41_
35
Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and finding him, he said, Dost
thou believe on the Son of God?
36
He answered and said, And who is he, Lord, that I may...
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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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And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and
said unto him, Are we blind also?
AND SOME (RATHER, 'THOSE') OF THE PHARISEES WHICH WERE WITH HIM HEARD
THESE WORDS, AND SAID U...
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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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ARE WE BLIND ALSO?] Christ's Pharisaic disciples rightly perceive that
His words are directed against them....
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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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AND SOME OF THE PHARISEES WHICH WERE WITH HIM. — The words in the
preceding verse are not addressed specially to any one. The Pharisees
would be still watching our Lord, and some had probably followed...
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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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Some of the Pharisees overheard His words, and unconsciously proved
their truth by saying with indignant contempt: μὴ καὶ
ἡμεῖς τυφλοί ἐσμεν; To which Jesus, taking them on
their own ground, replies:...
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to John 10:21. _The good and the hireling shepherds_....
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“A STONE OF STUMBLING”
John 9:35-41; John 10:1-6
In John 9:35 we hear of Jesus finding the outcast, whom the Pharisees
had excommunicated; and this story is appropriately followed by a
picture of the...
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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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The Pharisees them replied: and are we also blind? Jesus said to them:
if you were blind, by ignorance in not having heard of me, and my
doctrine, you might be excused for not believing; but now sayin...
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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...
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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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“ _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...
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Jesus heard that they had cast him out: and when he had found him, he
said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? (36) He answered
and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? (37)...
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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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_RESPONSIBILITY AND SIN_
‘For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not
might see; and that they which see might he made blind. And some of
the Pharisees which were with Him heard t...
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40._Some of the Pharisees heard. _They instantly perceived that they
were smitten by this saying of Christ, and yet they appear not to have
belonged to the worst class; for the open enemies had so str...
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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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AND SOME OF THE PHARISEES WHICH WERE WITH HIM,.... Who had followed
him, and were watching him, and observing what he said and did, in
order to take all advantages, and every opportunity against him,...
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And _some_ of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and
said unto him, Are we blind also?
Ver. 40. _Are we blind also?_] Yes, none more: for who so blind as he
that will not see? "Who...
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_And Jesus said_ While he stood talking with the blind man who had
received his sight, several people, it seems, being gathered about
them; _For judgment_, as well as mercy, _I am come into this world...
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AND SOME OF THE PHARISEES WHICH WERE WITH HIM HEARD THESE WORDS, AND
SAID UNTO HIM, ARE WE BLIND ALSO?...
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The judgment upon willful blindness:...
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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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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 seal...
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The Pharisees attended our Saviour almost in all places where he went,
to catch something from him whereof they might accuse him: they could
not but understand, that the import of our Saviour's last w...
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John 9:40 Then G2532 of G1537 Pharisees G5330 who G3588 were G5607
(G5752) with G3326 Him G846 heard...
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‘Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things and
said to him, “Are we also blind?”.
Some Pharisees who were there with Him rather uneasily recognised some
of the implications of His s...
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John 9:40. THOSE OF THE PHARISEES WHICH WERE WITH HIM HEARD THESE
THINGS. The whole cast of the language here used shows that those who
speak are not representatives of the Pharisees as a body, or of...
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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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ARE WE ALSO BLIND?
(Μη κα ημεις τυφλο εσμεν;). Negative answer
expected (μη) and yet these Pharisees who overheard the words of
Jesus to the new convert vaguely suspected that Jesus was referring t...
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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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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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YOU DON'T MEAN THAT WE ARE BLIND TOO? They knew this was what he had
implied. IF YOU WERE BLIND. That is, "If you were aware of your
spiritual blindness and tried to see, you would either find _light,...
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_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...
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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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_And some of the Pharisees_, &c. The Pharisees felt themselves sharply
touched by our Lord's words, which they understood to speak not of the
blindness of the body, but of the mind. They knew that the...
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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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John 7:47; John 9:34; Luke 11:39; Matthew 15:12; Matthew 23:16;...
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Are we blind also [μ η κ α ι η μ ε ι ς τ υ φ λ ο ι ε
σ μ ε ν] ? The also belongs with we. The interrogative particle
has the force of we are surely not, and the we is emphatic. Are we
also blind ? So...
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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...
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Observe here, 1. How the Pharisees, who watched all opportunities to
ensnare our Saviour, look upon these last words as reflecting upon
them; as if Christ did insinuate that they were blind; ARE WE BL...