John 9:1-5 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 9:1-7

We have here sight given to a poor beggar that had been blind from his birth. Observe, I. The notice which our Lord Jesus took of the piteous case of this poor blind man (John 9:1): As Jesus passed by he saw a man which was blind from his birth. The first words seem to refer to the last of the foregoing chapter, and countenance the opinion of those who in the harmony place this story immediately after that. There it was said, paregen?he passed by, and here, without so much as repeating him... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 9:1-5

9:1-5 As Jesus was passing by, he saw a man who was blind from the day of his birth. "Rabbi." his disciples said to him, "who was it who sinned that he was born blind--this man or his parents?" "It was neither he nor his parents who sinned," answered Jesus, "but it happened that in him there might be a demonstration of what God can do. We must do the works of him who sent me while day lasts; the night is coming when no man is able to work. So long as I am in the world, I am the light of the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 9:1-5

In this passage there are two great eternal principles. (i) Jesus does not try to follow out or to explain the connection of sin and suffering. He says that this man's affliction came to him to give an opportunity of showing what God can do. There are two senses in which that is true. (a) For John the miracles are always a sign of the glory and the power of God. The writers of the other gospels had a different point of view; and regarded them as a demonstration of the compassion of Jesus.... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 9:1-41

Before we leave this very wonderful chapter we would do well to read it again, this time straight through from start to finish. If we do so read it with care and attention, we will see the loveliest progression in the blind man's idea of Jesus. It goes through three stages, each one higher than the last. (i) He began by calling Jesus a man. "A man that is called Jesus opened mine eyes" ( John 9:11 ). He began by thinking of Jesus as a wonderful man. He had never met anyone who could do... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 9:1

And as Jesus passed by ,.... The word "Jesus" is not in the Greek text, but is rightly supplied by us, as it is in the Vulgate Latin, and as the word "Christ" is in the Persic version; for of his passing from the temple, and by the multitude that were there, and on his way to the place he designed to make to, is this said, as appears from the close of the preceding chapter; though some think this is to be understood of his passing by at another time and place, since the preceding fact of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 9:2

And his disciples asked him ,.... It may be that some of the twelve apostles, or others of his disciples, might put the following question to him on sight of this blind man, who by some means or another knew was born blind: saying, master, who did man, or his parents, that he was born blind ? the first of these questions, whether the man himself had sinned before he was born, which might be the occasion of his blindness, proceeds not upon the doctrine of original sin, though the Jews... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 9:3

Jesus answered, neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents ,.... Not but that both were guilty of original sin, and had committed actual transgressions; but Christ's answer is to be considered agreeable to the design of the question; and the sense is, that it was not any sin that either of them had committed, whilst he was in the womb, or previous to his birth, that was the cause of this blindness; otherwise, all such irregularities and afflictions arise from sin, and the fall of man, as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 9:4

I must work the works of him that sent me ,.... This shows, that the works of God, that were to be manifest, were to be done by Christ: many were the works which the Father gave him to do, and which he undertook to perform; and therefore there was a necessity of doing them, as principally the work of redemption, by fulfilling the law, and satisfying justice: and besides this, there were the preaching of the Gospel, and doing of miracles, and among these was this of giving sight to the blind,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 9:5

As long as I am in the world ,.... Which had been now two or three and thirty years; but was not to be much longer. I am the light of the world ; See Gill on John 8:12 . Though doubtless he said this with some view to the cure he was about to perform, it being agreeable to his character and work, while he was in the world. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 9:1

And as Jesus passed by - This chapter is a continuation of the preceding, and therefore the word Jesus is not in the Greek text: it begins simply thus - And passing along, και παραγων , etc. Having left the temple, where the Jews were going to stone him, ( John 8:59 ;), it is probable our Lord went, according to his custom, to the mount of Olives. The next day, which was the Sabbath, John 9:14 , he met a man who had been born blind, sitting in some public place, and asking alms from... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 9:1-7

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 9:1-5

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 9:1-5

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 9:1-41

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 9:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 9:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 9:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 9:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 9:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 9:1

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