John 9:1

And when he went on his way, he saw a man blind from birth.

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And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.

In Context

2And his disciples put a question to him, saying, Master, was it because of this man's sin, or the sin of his father and mother, that he has been blind from birth?

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Cross References

Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.

Matthew 20:30And two blind men seated by the wayside, when they had the news that Jesus was going by, gave a loud cry, saying, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us.

Luke 8:43And a woman, who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had given all her money to medical men, and not one of them was able to make her well,

Acts 4:22For the man on whom this act of power was done was more than forty years old.

Acts 14:8And at Lystra there was a certain man, who from birth had been without the use of his feet, never having had the power of walking.

Matthew Henry on John 9:1

After Christ's departure out of the temple, in the close of the foregoing chapter, and before this happened which is recorded in this chapter, he had been for some time abroad in the country, it is supposed about two or three months; in which interval of time Dr. Lightfoot and other harmonists place all the passages that occur from Luke x. 17 to xiii. 17 . What is recorded in ch. vii. and viii. was at the feast of tabernacles, in September; what is recorded in this and the following chapter was at the feast of… Read the whole commentary →

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