John 9:39

Therefore Jesus said to him, I came into this world, in doom (or for judgement), (so) that they that see not, see, and they that see, be made blind.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 said, Lord, I believe. And he fell down, and worshipped him.

40And some of the Pharisees heard, that were with him (or who were with him), and they said to him, Whether we be blind?

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Cross References

Isaiah 6:9And he said, Go thou, and thou shalt say to this people, Ye hearing hear, and ye do not understand; and see ye the prophesy, and do not ye know. (And he said, Go thou, and thou shalt say to this people, Hearing ye may hear, but ye shall not understand; and ye may see the prophesy, but ye shall not know, or not understand, its meaning.)

Isaiah 42:18Ye deaf men, hear; and ye blind men, behold to see. (Ye deaf, hear; and ye blind, look and see!)

Jeremiah 1:9And the Lord sent his hand, and touched my mouth; and the Lord said to me, Lo! I have given my words in thy mouth; (And the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and the Lord said to me, Behold! I have put my words in thy mouth;)

Matthew 11:5Blind men see, crooked men go, mesels be made clean, deaf men hear, dead men rise again, poor men be taken to preaching of the gospel. (The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers be cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor be taken to the preaching of the Gospel or the Good News.)

Luke 1:79To give light to them that sit in darknesses, and in the shadow of death; to (ad)dress our feet into the way of peace. (To give light to those who sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death; to direct our feet in the way of peace.)

Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord is [up] on me, for which thing he anointed me; he sent me to preach [or to evangelize] to poor men, to heal contrite men in heart, and to preach remission (or a pardon) to (the) prisoners [or to (the) captives], and sight to blind men, and to deliver broken men into remission (or and to give relief to broken men);

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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