John 9:15

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 9:13-34

One would have expected that such a miracle as Christ wrought upon the blind man would have settled his reputation, and silenced and shamed all opposition, but it had the contrary effect; instead of being embraced as a prophet for it, he is prosecuted as a criminal. I. Here is the information that was given in to the Pharisees concerning this matter: They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind, John 9:13. They brought him to the great sanhedrim, which consisted chiefly of... 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

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 9:13-16

9:13-16 They brought him, the man who had been blind, to the Pharisees. The day on which Jesus had made the clay and opened his eyes was the Sabbath day. So the Pharisees asked him again how sight had come to him. He said to them: "He put clay on my eyes; and I washed; and now I can see." So some of the Pharisees said: "This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath." But others said: "How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?" And there was a division of opinion... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 9:15

Then again the Pharisees asked him ,.... Not that they had put any question of this kind to him before; but they also, as well as the neighbours, inquired of him, how he had received his sight ; from whom, and by what means: he said unto them, he put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed and do see . This account agrees with the matter of fact, and with that he gave to his neighbours: he did not vary as to the truth of the relation, but this is somewhat more concise and short; and it is... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 9:15

Verse 15 15.The Pharisees also asked him. The people had already heard this confession from the mouth of the blind man; and now the Pharisees also are made witnesses of it, who might have objected that a report had been groundlessly circulated by the common people, and had been as groundlessly believed. And, first, leaving out of view the question as to the fact, they dispute only about the law of the case; for they do not deny that Christ restored sight to the blind man, but they find a crime... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 9:1-41

The passage of a soul from darkness into light. This graphic and dramatic narrative begins with the healing of a bodily privation by the exercise el Christ's miraculous power. But its chief interest lies in the spiritual process which it unfolds. It relates how a young man, poor and blind, but intelligent, candid, and brave, received spiritual as well as bodily illumination, and how he displayed insight in apprehending Christ's character, courage in resisting Christ's adversaries, and ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 9:8-34

(9) The proof of the reality of the miracle , the antagonism of the Pharisees , and the persecution of the heated mad . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 9:13-34

The investigation of the miracle. This was prompted by the unfriendly questioners first referred to. I. THE INQUIRY OF THE PHARISEES . 1. They first examined the beggar as to the facts of his cure . These it was as impossible to ignore as it was difficult to explain. 2. The performance of the cure on the sabbath day was the pivot upon which the question turned . "Now it was the sabbath day that Jesus made the clay, and opened the eyes of this man." Of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 9:15

Again therefore the Pharisees , before whom the blind man had been brought, unwilling to rest with mere hearsay evidence of such grievous transgression of the Law, themselves also —or, in their turn— asked him ( ἠρώτων , imperfect, were interrogating) how he received (recovered) his sight (see note on John 9:11 ). Not the miracle itself, but the manner of it interested and excited them. And he said to them, (He) put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and I see . This is a... read more

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