John 9:40

And those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things, and they said to Him, “Are we also blind?”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?

In Context

39And Jesus said, “I came to this world for judgment, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.”

41Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you were not having had sin, but now you say—We see, therefore your sin remains.”

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Cross References

Matthew 23:16Woe to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the temple, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the temple—is debtor!

John 7:47The Pharisees, therefore, answered them, “Have you also been led astray?

Romans 2:19and have confidence that you yourself are a leader of blind ones, a light of those in darkness,

Matthew Henry on John 9:40-41

Christ's Address to the Pharisees. 39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. 40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? 41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth. Christ, having spoken comfort to the poor man that was persecuted, here speaks conviction to his persecutors, a… Read the whole commentary →

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