John 9:8

The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was a beggar before, said, "Is not this he who sat and begged?"

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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 said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means "Sent"). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.

9Some said, "It is he." Others said, "He looks like him."He said, "I am he."

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Cross References

Ruth 1:19So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. It happened, when they had come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they asked, "Is this Naomi?"

1 Samuel 21:11The servants of Achish said to him, "Isn't this David the king of the land? Did they not sing one to another about him in dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?'"

Luke 16:20A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was placed at his gate, full of sores,

Acts 3:2A certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they put daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the 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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