John 9:29-34 KJV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 9:30

Why herein is a marvellous thing - As if he had said, This is wonderful indeed! Is it possible that such persons as you are, whose business it is to distinguish good from evil, and who pretend to know a true from a false prophet, cannot decide in a case so plain? Has not the man opened my eyes? Is not the miracle known to all the town; and could any one do it who was not endued with the power of God? read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 9:31

God heareth not sinners - I believe the word ἁμαρτωλων signifies heathens, or persons not proselyted to the Jewish religion; and therefore it is put in opposition to θεοσεβης , a worshipper of the true God. See the note on Luke 7:37 . But in what sense may it be said, following our common version, that God heareth not sinners? When they regard iniquity in their heart - when they wish to be saved, and yet abide in their sins - when they will not separate themselves from the workers and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 9:32

Since the world began - Εκ του αιωνος , From the age - probably meaning from the commencement of time. Neither Moses nor the prophets have ever opened the eyes of a man who was born blind: if this person then were not the best of beings, would God grant him a privilege which he has hitherto denied to his choicest favorites? Opened the eyes of one that was born blind - It will readily appear that our Lord performed no surgical operation in this cure: the man was born blind, and he was... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 9:33

If this man were not of God, etc. - A very just conclusion: God is the fountain of all good: all good must proceed from him, and no good can be done but through him; if this person were not commissioned by the good God, he could not perform such beneficent miracles as these. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 9:34

Thou wast altogether born in sins - Thou hast not only been a vile wretch in some other pre-existent state, but thy parents also have been grossly iniquitous; therefore thou and they are punished by this blindness: Thou wast altogether born in sins - thou art no other than a sinful lump of deformity, and utterly unfit to have any connection with those who worship God. And they cast him out - They immediately excommunicated him, as the margin properly reads - drove him from their assembly... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 9:29

Verse 29 29.As for this man, we know not whence he is. When they say so, they refer not to his country or the place of his birth, but to the prophetical office. For they allege that they have no knowledge of his calling, so as to receive him as having proceeded from God. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 9:30

Verse 30 30.Certainly this is wonderful. He indirectly reproves them for remaining unmoved by a miracle so illustrious, and for pretending that they did not know Christ’s calling; as if he had said, that it was highly improper that such a testimony of Divine power should be held in no estimation, and that the calling of Christ, so proved and attested, should obtain no credit among them. And, in order to show more clearly their stupidity or malice, he magnifies the excellence of the miracle from... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 9:31

Verse 31 31.Now we know that God heareth not sinners. Those who think that the man spoke this, in accordance with the opinion of the people, are mistaken; for the word sinner, in this passage, as in another which lately occurred, means an ungodly and immoral person. It is the uniform doctrine of Scripture, that God does not listen to any but those who call upon him with truth and sincerity. For while faith alone opens the door to us to go to God, it is certain that all wicked men are excluded... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 9:34

Verse 34 34.Thou wast altogether born in sins They alluded, I doubt not, to his blindness; as proud men are wont to teaze those who have any distress or calamity; and, therefore, they continually insult him, as if he had come out of his mother’s womb, bearing the mark of his sins For all the scribes were convinced in their hearts, that souls, after having finished one life, entered into new bodies, and there suffered the punishment of their former crimes. Hence they conclude that he who was... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 9:1-41

The removal of the closing words of John 8:59 from the text as a gloss, favors a pause between the attempt to stone Jesus and the miracle. Lange has the inconsistent remark that the παράγων is "the participle of the preceding though doubtful παρῆγεν ." If it were a gloss, the παρῆγεν had been introduced by some copyist from the παράγων , and therefore the latter can derive no meaning from the former. Admitting the spuriousness of the gloss, the connection between the... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 9:30

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 9:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 9:32

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 9:33

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 9:34

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 9:29

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 9:30

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 9:31

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 9:34

The Pulpit Commentary - John 9:1-41

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