John 9:40

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and said to him, “We are not also blind, are we?”

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

In Context

39Then Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.”

41Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin, but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:16“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’

John 7:47The Pharisees answered them, “Have you also been deceived?

Romans 2:19And yoʋ have confidence that yoʋ yoʋrself are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are 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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