John 9:2

And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this [man] or his parents, that he should be born blind?

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

In Context

1And as he passed on, he saw a man blind from birth.

3Jesus answered, Neither has this [man] sinned nor his parents, but that the works of God should be manifested in him.

Read all of John 9

Cross References

Exodus 20:5thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth [generation] of them that hate me,

Matthew 23:7and salutations in the market-places, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

John 9:34They answered and said to him, Thou hast been wholly born in sins, and thou teachest us? And they cast him out.

Matthew Henry on John 9:2-8

Sight Given to One Born Blind. 1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? 3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 6 When he had thus… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study John 9:2