John 9:2

and His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this one or his parents, that he should be born blind?”

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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 passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,

3Jesus answered, “Neither this one sinned nor his parents, but that the works of God may be revealed in him;

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Cross References

Exodus 20:5You do not bow yourself to them, nor serve them: for I, your God YHWH, [am] a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third and on a fourth [generation] of those hating Me,

Matthew 23:7and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

John 9:34They answered and said to him, “In sins you were born altogether, and you teach us?” And they cast him forth outside.

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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