John 9:39

And Jesus said: For judgment have I come into this world, that those who see not, may see; and that those who see, may become blind.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

In Context

38He said: Lord, I believe; and he worshiped him.

40And some of the Pharisees who were with him, heard these things, and said to him: Are we also blind?

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Cross References

Matthew 11:5The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear; the dead are raised, and the poor have the gospel preached to them;

Luke 1:79to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, by guiding our feet in the way of peace.

Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted; to proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind; to set free the oppressed;

Matthew Henry on John 9:36-39

Christ's Address to the Man that Had Been Blind. 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? 36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? 37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. 38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. In these verses we may observe, I. The tender care which our Lord Jesus took of this poor man ( v. 35 ): When Jesus heard that… Read the whole commentary →

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