John 9:40

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked, "We are not blind, are we?"

Montgomery New Testament

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

39"For judgment am I come into the world, to make the sightless see, and to make the seeing blind."

41"If you were blind," Jesus answered them, "you would have no sin. But now you are declaring, ‘We see’;so your sin remains.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:16"Woe unto you, blind guides, who say, If any one swears by the Sanctuary, it is nothing, but if any one swears by the gold of the Sanctuary, the oath is binding.

John 7:47"Surely you have not been led astray, have you? answered the Pharisees.

Romans 2:19and are confident that you yourself are a 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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