John 9:40

And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, 'Are we also blind?'

Young's Literal Translation

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 judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.'

41Jesus said to them, 'If ye were blind, ye were not having had sin, but now ye say — We see, therefore doth your sin remain.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:16'Woe to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the sanctuary, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the sanctuary — is debtor!

John 7:47The Pharisees, therefore, answered them, 'Have ye also been led astray?

Romans 2:19and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of blind ones, a light of those 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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