“ Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he. ”
John 9. The Healing of the Man Born Blind. Jesus the Light of the World. Hostility to His Followers. John 9:1-12 . The Miracle. The expression passed by ( cf. Mark 1:16 ) does not necessarily c...
Some . Greek. allos. App-124, as in next clause. others. See note above.
Some said, This is he: others said , He is like him: but he said, I am he . Some said, This is he - This miracle was not wrought in private - nor before a few persons - nor was it lightly credite...
Others said, He is like him:— The circumstance of having received his sight, would give him an air of spirit and cheerfulness, which would render him something unlike what he was before, and migh...
Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he. Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he. How graphically is the identity of the man...
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...
(9) He is like him. — The more probable reading is, No; but he is like him. It is not that these speakers agree with some hesitation with those who assert the identity. They oppose to it their own...
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...
Jesus Opens Blind Eyes John 9:1-12 At the close of the previous chapter our Lord bore the contradiction of sinners against Himself. The Jews had caught up the stones gathered to repair the Temp...
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...
The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him, that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? (9) Some said, This is he. Others said, He is like him, but he said, I am he...
Some said, this is he ,.... It is the same man that was blind, and begged: others [said] ; in one of Beza's copies it is added "no", and so read the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions; t...
Some said, This is he: others said , He is like him: but he said, I am he . Ver. 9. I am he ] Thus their doubting (by divine disposition) made much for the manifestation of Christ's power in...
The neighbours, therefore Those who lived in the beggar's neighbourhood, and those who had frequently passed by where he used to beg, being well acquainted with his form and visage, were astonished...
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...
Sight Given to One Born Blind. 8 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this...
Some conclude it was he, others doubted, but did think he was like him: he puts it out of doubt, and saith that he was the man.
‘The neighbours therefore, and those who saw him in the past, and knew that he was a beggar, said, “Is this not the one who sat and begged?” Others said, “It is he”. Others said, “No, but he is like...
EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 9:1 . The connection of this narrative with what precedes and what follows is variously stated. Westcott, e.g. , supposes that the occurrence took place at th...
John 9:1-3 . 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 a...
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 ,...
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 ;...
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;...
The excitement caused by the miracle:
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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...