John 9:3
Jesus answered, “Neither did this man sin, nor his parents, but so that the works of God would be revealed in him.
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2His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, so that he was born blind?”
Cross References
Job 1:8Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and turns from evil.”
Job 21:27See, I know your thoughts, 1 and the ways in which you wish to wrong me. 1
Job 32:3Elihu's anger was also kindled against his three friends because they had found no answer to Job, and yet they had condemned Job.
Ecclesiastes 9:1For I thought about all this in my mind to understand about the righteous and wise people and their deeds. They are all in God's hands. No one knows whether love or hate will come to someone. 1
Luke 13:2Jesus answered and said to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were more sinful than all the other Galileans because they suffered in this way?
John 11:40Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that, if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
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 →