John 9:25 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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...

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• John 9:25 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 9:13-17 t...

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• John 9:25 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  he . Therefore he. Whether . If. App-118.

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• John 9:25 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  25. Whether he be a sinner, I know not. The blind man appears not to have been at all prevented by fear from giving a sincere testimony. For there is no reason to believe that he had any dou...

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• John 9:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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. Whereas I was blind, now I see - He pays no attention to their cavils, nor to...

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• John 9:25 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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 th...

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• John 9:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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 thi...

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• John 9:25 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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 int...

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• John 9:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  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 h...

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• John 9:25 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• John 9:25 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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 jea...

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• John 9:25 - 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 t...

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• John 9:25 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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 rec...

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• John 9:25 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  ‘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 sim...

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• John 9:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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 on...

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• John 9:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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 imp...

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• John 9:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• John 9:25 - L. 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...

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• John 9:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Cavilling of the Pharisees; The Cavilling of the Pharisees Refuted.       13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was...

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• John 9:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  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 secu...

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• John 9:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘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...

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• John 9:25 - 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 Sabbat...

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• John 9:25 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  John 9:24-25 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...

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• John 9:25 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 9:1-2 . 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 Chris...

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• John 9:25 - 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 ,...

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• John 9:25 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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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• John 9:25 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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;...

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• John 9:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  A second interview with the former blind man:

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• John 9:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 5:10 ; John 5:11 ; John 9:30

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• John 9:25 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Man Blind from Birth John 9:1-41 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...

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