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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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 9:10

They said therefore unto him, How were thine eyes opened? He answered, The man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to Siloam and wash: so I went away and washed, and I received my sight.This exchange with the neighbors probably occurred after the man had seen his parents but still only a short while after his healing. His explanation was simple and direct. Jesus had commanded; he obeyed and received his sight. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 9:12

And they said unto him, Where is he? He saith, I know not.The blind man's naming Jesus as his healer confronted the people with a dilemma. Many knew of the plot to kill Jesus and were certain that any acceptance of him would result in their excommunication. Perhaps many of them thought, therefore, that with such a sign as this to report, they might be able to persuade their leaders to accept him, thus resolving their own uncertainty. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 9:13

They bring to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.This event was before a gathering of the entire hierarchy: (1) because the neighbors' action presupposes an assembly in a stated place known in advance by them, and (2) because "they cast him out" (of the synagogue) indicates a formal and official meeting (John 9:34). That such a full-dress meeting of the Sanhedrin occurred was a testimony of the priority which the religious leaders gave to the problem of Jesus' growing power and... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 9:14

Now it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. And he said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and I see.Now it was the sabbath ... is written here in anticipation of the objection that would be stated in John 9:16. Of course, the Pharisees had already heard the full story, but they moved here to establish the facts through the testimony of the subject himself. Although the name... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 9:1

John 9:1. And as Jesus passed by, he saw, &c.— Some would refer this to the last words of the foregoing chapter, and hence infer the unspeakable benignity of Jesus, which no affronts or indignities of the Jews could weary out, or prevent from dispensing blessings. Others, however, seem with better reason to suppose this event not immediately consequent to what is related in the former chapter. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 9:2-3

John 9:2-3. His disciples asked him, saying, &c.— Some have thought that the Jews, having derived from the Egyptians the doctrines of the pre-existence and transmigration of souls, (see Wis 8:19-20.) supposed that men were punished in this world for the sins that they had committed in their pre-existent state. From the account which Josephus gives of this matter, it appears that the Pharisees believed that the souls of good men only went into other bodies, whereas the souls of the wicked,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 9:4

John 9:4. I must work the works, &c.— called in the preceding verse the works of God,—while it is day; that is, "while I have an opportunity;" the night cometh, &c. "death is approaching, which as it puts a period in general to human labours, so will it close the scene of such miracles as these, and remove me, as man, from the converse and society of men." It was now the sabbath-day, and Jesus was about to perform a miracle, in which a small degree of servile work was to be done. Clay... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 9:5

John 9:5. As long as I am in the world, &c.— Because our Lord was going to confer sight on a man who was born blind, he thence took occasion to speak of himself, as one appointed to give light likewise to the darkened minds of men. Hence we learn that our Lord's miracles were designed, not only as proofs of his mission, but to be specimens of the power which he possessed as Messiah. For example, by feeding the multitude with meat that perished, he signified that he was come to quicken and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 9:6

John 9:6. He spat on the ground, &c.— We are not to imagine that he did this, because it any way contributed towards the cure. Like the other external actions which accompanied his miracles, it was designed to signify to the blind man, that his sight was coming to him, not by accident, but by the gift of the Person who spake to him. The general reason which Cyril has assigned for Christ's touching the lepers, his taking hold of the dead, his breathing on the apostles, when he communicated... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 9:9

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 9:10

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 9:12

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 9:13

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 9:14

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 9:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 9:2-3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 9:4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 9:5

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 9:6

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