John 9:40

And those of the Pharisees being with Him heard, and said to Him, Whether are we also blind?

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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, For judgment I came into this world, that those not seeing may see; and those seeing may be made blind.

41Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would not have sin: but now you say that, We see: your sin remaineth.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:16Woe unto you, blind guides, who are saying, Whosoever may swear by the temple it is nothing; but whosoever may swear by the gold of the temple, he is debtor.

John 7:47And the Pharisees responded to them; Are ye also deceived?

Romans 2:19and persuade yourself that you are a guide of the blind, a light of those who are in darkness, an instructor of the ignorant,

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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