John 9:38

And he said: I believe, Lord. And falling down, he adored him.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.

In Context

37And Jesus said to him: Thou hast both seen him; and it is he that talketh with thee.

39And Jesus said: For judgment I am come into this world: that they who see not may see; and they who see may become blind. I am come, etc... Not that Christ came for that end, that any one should be made blind: but that the Jews, by the abuse of his coming, and by their not receiving him, brought upon themselves this judgment of blindness.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:12Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you perish from the just way.

Matthew 14:33And they that were in the boat came and adored him, saying: Indeed thou art the Son of God.

Matthew 28:17And seeing him they adored: but some doubted.

John 20:28Thomas answered and said to him: My Lord and my God.

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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