John 9:2

disciples . Not necessarily the Twelve. See note on "neighbours" (John 9:8 ) and Structure "M".

asked . Greek. erotao. App-135 .

Master . Greek. Rabbi. App-98 .

sin . App-128 . The only sign (with the third; " C", p. 194)* connected with sin. See John 5:14 . *[ Conversion Note: The original text is shown here. Page 194 references Numbers 10:10-36 . It's completely unclear which of his comments or Bible text the author is referring to. The author presented no Structure diagrams on page 194.]

this man . The Lord was appealed to as Rabbi to settle a much controverted point as to pre-natal sin; or another question that "there shall be neither merit nor demerit in the days of the Messiah "(Lightfoot, xii, p. 326), referring back to "My day "(John 8:56 ).

that = in order that. Greek. hina.

was = should be.