John 9:2

and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

Berean Standard Bible

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

1Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,

3Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Matthew 23:7the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.

John 9:34They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw 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 →

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