John 9:40

And some of those Pharisees who were with him, heard these things; and they said to him: How? Are we also blind?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 the judgment of this world, have I come; that they who see not, might see; and that they who see, might become blind.

41Jesus said to them: If ye were blind, ye would be without sin; but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin is established.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:16Woe to you, ye blind guides: for ye say, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold that is in the temple, he is holden.

John 7:47The Pharisees said to them: Are ye also deceived?

Romans 2:19and hast confidence in thyself, that thou art a guide to the blind, and a light to them who are in 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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