John 9:39

Iesus sayde: I am come vnto iudgement into this worlde: that they which se not myght se and they which se myght be made blynde.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

38And he sayde: Lorde I beleve: and worshipped him.

40And some of the pharises which were with him hearde these wordes and sayde vnto him: are we then blynde?

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Cross References

Matthew 11:5The blynd se the halt goo the lepers are clensed: the deef heare the ded ryse ageyne and the glad tidinges is preached to the povre.

Luke 1:79To geve light to the that sate in darcknes and in shadowe of deth and to gyde oure fete into the waye of peace.

Luke 4:18The sprete of the lorde vpon me because he hath annoynted me: to preache ye gospell to ye poore he hath sent me: and to heale the broken harted: to preache delyverauce to the captive and sight to the blinde and frely to set at lyberte them that are brused

Matthew Henry on John 9:36-39

Christ's Address to the Man that Had Been Blind. 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? 36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? 37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. 38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. In these verses we may observe, I. The tender care which our Lord Jesus took of this poor man ( v. 35 ): When Jesus heard that… Read the whole commentary →

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