John 9:8

But his neighbours, and they who had seen (him) aforetime as he begged, said, Is not this he who sat and begged?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?

In Context

7and said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Shilucha. And he went, washed, and came seeing.

9Some said, It is he; and some said, It is not, but one like him; but he said, I am he.

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Cross References

Luke 16:20And there was a certain poor man, whose name was Loózar; and he lay at the gate of him who was rich, bruised with wounds,

Acts 3:2behold a certain man lame from the womb of his mother, (whom) they carried, who were used to bring and set at the gate of the temple which is called the Beautiful, to beg alms of those who entered into the temple.

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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