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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 9:3

(3) Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents.—The answer is, of course, to be understood with the limitation of the question, “that he was born blind.” Neither his special sin nor theirs was the cause of the blindness. Our version does not give quite accurately the form of the answer. It should be, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents. Their question sought to establish a connection between the suffering and some definite act of sin. The answer asserts that no such... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 9:4

(4) I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day.—The better reading is probably that which has we, instead of “I,” and perhaps also that which has us, instead of “me”; but this latter change is not so well supported by MS. authority. The clause would read then, We must work the works of Him that sent Me (or us) while it is day. He identifies the disciples with Himself in the redemptive work of His mission. There is before them a striking instance of the power of evil. He and they... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 9:5

(5) As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.—Better, when I am in the world. The thought is that the two things necessarily co-exist. He is the true Light, and this true Light cannot be in the world without shining in its darkness. (Comp. Note on John 1:5.) The thought is here closely connected with His teaching in the Temple but a short time before (John 8:12, “I am the Light of the world”), and also with the removal of physical and spiritual darkness which immediately... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 9:6

(6) And he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay.—The words “blind man” are omitted in some of the older MSS. The marginal rendering, and He spread the clay upon the eyes of the blind man (or, upon his eyes), is to be preferred.The details given in this and the next verse are evidently to be regarded as part of the sign. They impressed themselves as such upon the eye-witnesses, and they have been recorded as such for us. We have then to seek their interpretation. At the outset we are... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 9:7

(7) Go, wash in the pool of Siloam.—Comp. Notes on John 5:2 (“Bethesda”), and on Luke 13:4 (“the tower in Siloam”). The locality is almost without doubt that now known by the Arabic form of the same name, the Birket Silwân, which is in the lower Tyropæon valley, between the Temple mountain and Mount Zion. It is about a quarter of a mile from the present city wall, but in the time of our Lord the wall extended up to it (Jos. Wars, v. 4, § 1; so the Antonine Itinerary in the fourth century). The... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 9:8

(8) They which before had seen him that he was blind.—The better reading is, that he was a beggar. The persons are the neighbours, who from living near him knew all about him, and those who used to see him at the spot where he sat begging. Both classes, of course, knew that he was blind.Is not this he that sat and begged?—Better, Is not this he that sitteth and beggeth? The tenses are present, marking his usual custom. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 9:9

(9)He is like him.—The more probable reading is, No; but he is like him. It is not that these speakers agree with some hesitation with those who assert the identity. They oppose to it their own opinion, that it is a case of resemblance only. He himself sets the question at rest by declaring that he is the same person.The verse, and indeed the whole narrative, is one of the many striking instances of the natural form which is taken by the narrative of one personally acquainted with all the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 9:10

(10) How were thine eyes opened?—They wonder at the change wrought in him, and seek to know how it happened. The question is important if we adopt the better reading, beggar, for “blind,” in John 9:8, as showing that they knew he had been blind, the moment they knew that he was the same person who used to sit and beg. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 9:11

(11) A man that is called Jesus.—Some of the better MSS. read, “The Man that is called Jesus,” implying that He would be known to the blind man and his friends. They can hardly have failed to hear of His teaching at the feast.Made clay, and anointed mine eyes.—He gives the details in order, omitting the spitting on the ground, which he had not seen.And I received sight.—The Greek word means exactly, “to see again.” The power, though given in this instance for the first time, was usually a... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 9:12

(12) I know not.—He had not returned to our Lord (John 9:7), who was passing by when He spoke to him (John 9:1), and by the time the man had gone to the pool and had returned would have gone beyond his knowledge. read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 9:3

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 9:4

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 9:5

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 9:6

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 9:7

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 9:8

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 9:9

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 9:10

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 9:11

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 9:12

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