John 9:8

Nowe the neighbours and they that had seene him before, when he was blinde, sayd, Is not this he that sate and begged?

Geneva Bible 1599

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 sayd vnto him, Go wash in the poole of Siloam (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came againe seeing.

9Some said, This is he: and other sayd, He is like him: but he himselfe sayd, I am he.

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Cross References

Ruth 1:19So they went both vntill they came to Beth-lehem: and when they were come to Beth-lehem, it was noysed of them through all the citie, and they said, Is not this Naomi?

1 Samuel 21:11And the seruants of Achish said vnto him, Is not this Dauid the King of the land? did they not sing vnto him in daunces, saying, Saul hath slayne his thousand, and Dauid his ten thousande?

Luke 16:20Also there was a certaine begger named Lazarus, which was laide at his gate full of sores,

Acts 3:2And a certaine man which was a creeple from his mothers wombe, was caried, whom they layde dayly at the gate of the Temple called Beautifull, to aske almes of them that entred into ye 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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