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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 9:8-9

John 9:8-9. 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 at the alteration which they observed in his countenance, by reason of the new faculty that was bestowed upon him. Wherefore they expressed their surprise by asking one another, if this was not the blind man to whom they used to give alms. Some said, This is he; others, He is like... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 9:1-41

92. Dispute concerning a blind man (John 9:1-41)Some Jews believed that diseases and physical disabilities were the result of either a person’s own sins or the sins of the person’s parents. When Jesus met a blind man, his disciples asked him which was the most likely cause of the man’s blindness (John 9:1-2).Jesus was not interested in discussing theoretical questions just to satisfy people’s curiosity. He was more concerned with healing the man, and in this way he would bring glory to God. His... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 9:9

Some . Greek. allos. App-124 , as in next clause. others. See note above. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 9:9

Others said, It is he: others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he.Even those with any uncertainty confessed a positive likeness to the beggar they remembered. The man confirmed his identity, already made certain by the more perceptive who recognized him without any corroboration. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 9:9

John 9:9. 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 might occasion a little doubt to those who were not well acquainted with him. But see the Inferences at the end of the chapter. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 9:1-12

The healing of the Man 9:1-12The exact time of this miracle and Jesus’ resultant discourse is unclear. Evidently these events transpired sometime between the feast of Tabernacles (John 7:2; John 7:10; September 10-17, A.D. 32.) and the feast of Dedication (John 10:22-39; December 18, A.D. 32.). [Note: Hoehner, p. 143; cf. Brown, 1:388-90.] This sixth of John’s seven select signs shows Jesus’ power over misfortune. [Note: Tenney, John: The Gospel . . ., p. 312.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 9:8-9

John’s record of the conversation of the blind man’s neighbors is interesting. It shows that the change in him was so remarkable that even some people who knew him well could not believe that he was the same man. The former beggar’s personal testimony settled the debate. No one could argue with that."The change wrought by regeneration in the converted Christian is so great that other people often find it difficult to believe he is the same person; so it was with the physical change effected by... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - John 9:1-41

The Man Born Blind1-12. 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 intended to illustrate the truth that Christ is ’the Light of the world’ (John 8:12; John 9:5). Christ proves His power to open the eyes of the soul by opening the eyes of the body. The miracle, being wrought on the sabbath day, intensified the hostility of the rulers, which had already been violently... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 9:9

(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 opinion, that it is a case of resemblance only. He himself sets the question at rest by declaring that he is the same person.The verse, and indeed the whole narrative, is one of the many striking instances of the natural form which is taken by the narrative of one personally acquainted with all the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - John 9:1-41

The Birth-mark John 9:1 The text is 'from his birth'; that is to say, from the very moment of his first breathing; something he brought into the world with him and which is, so to say, part of him, is the very signature of Providence upon his personality. Let us get to these fundamental realities and regions, and we may go away from God's altar quiet, calm, confident; because we recognise that the Divine sceptre is over us, the Divine Spirit is in us, the cloud of indication marks the midday,... read more