E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 9:5
world . App-129 . See note on John 1:9 . I am. See note on John 6:35 . light . Greek. phos. See App-130 and note on John 1:4 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 9:6
spat , &c. For the signification, see App-176 . ground . Greek. chamai. Occurs only here and in John 18:6 . clay . Greek. pelos. Occurs only here and in verses: John 9:11 , John 9:14 , John 9:15 , and Romans 9:21 . anointed the eyes , &c = applied the clay to (Greek. epi. App-104 .) the eyes. Occurs only here and in John 9:11 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 9:7
wash . Greek. nipto. App-136 . See on John 13:10 . in = into. Greek. eis. App-104 . pool. Compare John 5:2 . Greek. kolumbethra, a pool for swimming or bathing. Occurs only here, John 9:11 , and John 5:2 , John 5:4 , John 5:7 . Siloam . See App-68 . which, &c. See note on "and we "(John 1:14 ). Sent . So called from the sending forth of the waters, which were intermittent. See App-174 . Not the same word as in John 9:4 . seeing . Greek. blepo. App-133 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 9:8
neighbours . Note the different parties in the Structure on p. 1641. seen. Greek. theoreo. App-133 . Not the same word as elsewhere in this chapter. not. App-106 . sat and begged = was sitting and begging. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 9:9
Some . Greek. allos. App-124 , as in next clause. others. See note above. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 9:11
answered and said . See App-122 and note or Deuteronomy 1:41 . to = unto. Greek. eis. App-104 . received sight = looked up [and saw]. App-133 . read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 9:2
And his disciples asked him, saying, Who sinned, this man, or his parents, that he should be born blind?A strange mixture of truth and error prompted this question. The universal instinct that hails all sorrow and disease as the consequence of sin is correct, all of such things deriving, in the last analysis, from the debacle in Eden; but it is not true that every specific instance of handicap, disease, and sorrow should be invariably ascribed to the individual sin of the sufferer. As Paul... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 9:3
Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but that the works of God should be manifest in him.Jesus' reply did not mean that either the man or his parents were sinless but that they were guilty of no sin that had caused the blindness. The great problem of why some should be born handicapped, and others not, or why disasters should overwhelm some and not others, and why natural disasters like storms, floods, and earthquakes should destroy some and not others - all such things,... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 9:4
We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh when no man can work.The malignant opposition of his foes was in the Lord's mind here. His day of life on earth was running to its close. The autumn had fallen upon the hills of Judaea, and the winter was coming on; and the times were hastening to that April morning when his quivering flesh would be nailed to the tree. Indeed "the night" was not far away.The urgency Jesus felt is here too. There was so much to do and... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 9:4
I must work. T Tr WH R read "We"; but not the Syriac. See App-94 . note 3, p. 136. work the works . Figure of speech Polyptoton ( App-6 ), for emphasis. sent . Greek. pempo. App-174 . See note on John 1:22 . Not the same word as in John 9:7 . can work = is able to work (two verbs). read more