John 9:2

And his disciples asked him, and said: Our Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

In Context

1And while passing, he saw a man blind from his mother's womb.

3Jesus said to them: Neither did he sin, nor his parents; but that the works of God might be seen in him.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:7and the greeting in the market places, and to be addressed by men with Rabbi.

John 9:34They replied, and said to him: Thou wast wholly born in sins; and dost thou teach us? And they expelled him.

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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