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And they cast him out. <a href="/kjv/john/9.htm">King James Bible</a> They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. <a href="/nkjv/john/9.htm">New King James Version</a> They answered and said to him, “You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?” And they cast him out. <a href="/nasb_/john/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> They answered him, “You were born entirely in sins, and yet you are teaching us?” So they put him out. <a href="/nasb/john/9.htm">NASB 1995</a> They answered him, &#8220You were born entirely in sins, and are you teaching us?&#8221 So they put him out. <a href="/nasb77/john/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a> They answered and said to him, “You were born entirely in sins, and are you teaching us?” And they put him out. <a href="/lsb/john/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> They answered and said to him, “You were born entirely in sins, and are you teaching us?” So they put him out. <a href="/amp/john/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a> They answered him, “You were born entirely in sins [from head to foot], and you [presume to] teach us?” Then they threw him out [of the synagogue]. <a href="/csb/john/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “You were born entirely in sin,” they replied, “and are you trying to teach us? ” Then they threw him out. <a href="/hcsb/john/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You were born entirely in sin,&#8221 they replied, &#8220and are you trying to teach us?&#8221 Then they threw him out. <a href="/asv/john/9.htm">American Standard Version</a> They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. <a href="/cev/john/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The leaders told the man, "You have been a sinner since the day you were born! Do you think you can teach us anything?" Then they said, "You can never come back into any of our synagogues!" <a href="/erv/john/9.htm">English Revised Version</a> They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. <a href="/gwt/john/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The Jews answered him, "You were born full of sin. Do you think you can teach us?" Then they threw him out [of the synagogue]. <a href="/gnt/john/9.htm">Good News Translation</a> They answered, "You were born and brought up in sin--and you are trying to teach us?" And they expelled him from the synagogue. <a href="/isv/john/9.htm">International Standard Version</a> They asked him, "You were born a sinner and you are trying to instruct us?" And they threw him out. <a href="/msb/john/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> They replied, ?You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?? And they threw him out. <a href="/net/john/9.htm">NET Bible</a> They replied, "You were born completely in sinfulness, and yet you presume to teach us?" So they threw him out. <a href="/nheb/john/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They answered him, "You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?" They threw him out. <a href="/wbt/john/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> They answered and said to him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? and they cast him out. <a href="/wey/john/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "You," they replied, "were wholly begotten and born in sin, and do *you* teach *us*?" And they put him out of the synagogue. <a href="/web/john/9.htm">World English Bible</a> They answered him, “You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?” Then they threw him out. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> They answered and said to him, “In sins you were born altogether, and you teach us?” And they cast him forth outside. <a href="/blb/john/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> They answered and said to him, "You were born entirely in sins, and do you teach us?" And they cast him out. <a href="/ylt/john/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> They answered and said to him, 'In sins thou wast born altogether, and thou dost teach us!' and they cast him forth without. <a href="/slt/john/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> They answered and said to him, In sins wert thou wholly born, and teachest thou us? And they cast him without.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> They answered, and said to him: Thou wast wholly born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. <a href="/cpdv/john/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> They responded and said to him, “You were born entirely in sins, and you would teach us?” And they cast him out. <a href="/nabre/john/9.htm">New American Bible</a> They answered and said to him, “You were born totally in sin, and are you trying to teach us?” Then they threw him out. <a href="/nrsvce/john/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> They answered him, “You were born entirely in sins, and are you trying to teach us?” And they drove him out.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> They answered and said to him, You were wholly born in sins, and yet do you teach us? And they cast him out. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/9.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> They answered and were saying to him, “You were born entirely in sins, and are you teaching us?” And they cast him out.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/9.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> They answered and said to him: You were wholly born in sins, and do you teach us? And they cast him out.<CM> <a href="/godbey/john/9.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> They responded and said to him, Thou art altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. <a href="/haweis/john/9.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> They answered and said unto him, Thou wast wholly born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. <a href="/mace/john/9.htm">Mace New Testament</a> they answered, you were a vicious fellow from your very birth, and do you pretend to preach to us? and then they excommunicated him. <a href="/wey/john/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "You," they replied, "were wholly begotten and born in sin, and do *you* teach *us*?" And they put him out of the synagogue. <a href="/worrell/john/9.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> They answered and said to him, You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us!" And they cast him out. <a href="/worsley/john/9.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> They answered, and said unto him, Thou wast wholly born in sins, and dost thou teach us? <a href="/parallel/john/9-34.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=3468" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/9.htm">The Pharisees Investigate the Healing</a> …33If this man were not from God, He could do no such thing.” 34<a href="/greek/611.htm" title="611: Apekrithēsan (V-AIP-3P) -- From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.">They replied,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: eipan (V-AIA-3P) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say."></a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autō (PPro-DM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: sy (PPro-N2S) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">“You</a> <a href="/greek/1080.htm" title="1080: egennēthēs (V-AIP-2S) -- From a variation of genos; to procreate; figuratively, to regenerate.">were born</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: En (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3650.htm" title="3650: holos (Adj-NMS) -- All, the whole, entire, complete. A primary word; whole or all, i.e. Complete, especially as noun or adverb.">utter</a> <a href="/greek/266.htm" title="266: hamartiais (N-DFP) -- From hamartano; a sin.">sin,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: sy (PPro-N2S) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/1321.htm" title="1321: didaskeis (V-PIA-2S) -- To teach, direct, admonish. A prolonged form of a primary verb dao; to teach.">are instructing</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmas (PPro-A1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">us?”</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">And</a> <a href="/greek/1544.htm" title="1544: exebalon (V-AIA-3P) -- To throw (cast, put) out; I banish; I bring forth, produce. From ek and ballo; to eject.">they threw</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">him</a> <a href="/greek/1854.htm" title="1854: exō (Adv) -- Without, outside. Adverb from ek; out(-side, of doors), literally or figuratively.">out.</a> 35When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, He found the man and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/john/8-41.htm">John 8:41</a> You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.” <a href="/john/7-47.htm">John 7:47-49</a> “Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees. / “Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him? / But this crowd that does not know the law—they are under a curse.” <a href="/matthew/23-34.htm">Matthew 23:34</a> Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town. <a href="/luke/11-52.htm">Luke 11:52</a> Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.” <a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51-53</a> You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. / Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— / you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.” <a href="/isaiah/5-21.htm">Isaiah 5:21</a> Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight. <a href="/proverbs/26-12.htm">Proverbs 26:12</a> Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. <a href="/john/15-18.htm">John 15:18-21</a> If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. / If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. / Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well. ... <a href="/matthew/15-14.htm">Matthew 15:14</a> Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” <a href="/romans/2-19.htm">Romans 2:19-20</a> if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness, / an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth— <a href="/1_corinthians/1-26.htm">1 Corinthians 1:26-29</a> Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth. / But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. / He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are, ... <a href="/isaiah/29-20.htm">Isaiah 29:20-21</a> For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down— / those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice. <a href="/jeremiah/5-4.htm">Jeremiah 5:4-5</a> Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God. / I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains. <a href="/john/12-42.htm">John 12:42-43</a> Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue. / For they loved praise from men more than praise from God. <a href="/matthew/21-23.htm">Matthew 21:23-27</a> When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?” / “I will also ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things. / What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>They answered and said to him, You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us? And they cast him out.wast.<a href="/john/9-2.htm">John 9:2</a> And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?<a href="/john/8-41.htm">John 8:41</a> Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.<a href="/job/14-4.htm">Job 14:4</a> Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.and dost.<a href="/john/9-40.htm">John 9:40</a> And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?<a href="/john/7-48.htm">John 7:48,49</a> Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? … <a href="/genesis/19-9.htm">Genesis 19:9</a> And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.And they.<a href="/john/9-22.htm">John 9:22</a> These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.<a href="/john/6-37.htm">John 6:37</a> All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.<a href="/proverbs/22-10.htm">Proverbs 22:10</a> Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.cast him out.<a href="/matthew/18-17.htm">Matthew 18:17,18</a> And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican… <a href="/1_corinthians/5-4.htm">1 Corinthians 5:4,5,13</a> In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/8-25.htm">Altogether</a> <a href="/john/3-18.htm">Begotten</a> <a href="/john/9-32.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/john/9-32.htm">Born</a> <a href="/john/8-59.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/john/2-16.htm">Dare</a> <a href="/nahum/1-3.htm">Entirely</a> <a href="/john/8-59.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/john/9-3.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/john/8-24.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/john/9-22.htm">Synagogue</a> <a href="/john/8-28.htm">Teach</a> <a href="/john/8-4.htm">Teacher</a> <a href="/luke/20-21.htm">Teachest</a> <a href="/john/8-52.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/john/2-15.htm">Threw</a> <a href="/luke/10-17.htm">Utter</a> <a href="/john/1-48.htm">Wast</a> <a href="/luke/13-11.htm">Wholly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-19.htm">Without</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/13-10.htm">Altogether</a> <a href="/acts/13-33.htm">Begotten</a> <a href="/john/16-21.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/john/16-21.htm">Born</a> <a href="/john/9-35.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/acts/7-32.htm">Dare</a> <a href="/romans/6-4.htm">Entirely</a> <a href="/john/9-35.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/john/9-41.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/john/20-23.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/john/12-42.htm">Synagogue</a> <a href="/john/14-26.htm">Teach</a> <a href="/john/10-41.htm">Teacher</a> <a href="/acts/21-21.htm">Teachest</a> <a href="/john/10-6.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/john/9-38.htm">Threw</a> <a href="/acts/2-4.htm">Utter</a> <a href="/john/21-18.htm">Wast</a> <a href="/john/13-10.htm">Wholly</a> <a href="/philippians/4-12.htm">Without</a><div class="vheading2">John 9</div>1. <a href="/john/9-1.htm">The man born blind is restored to sight.</a> 8. <a href="/john/9-8.htm">He is brought to the Pharisees.</a> 13. <a href="/john/9-13.htm">They are offended at it;</a> 35. <a href="/john/9-35.htm">but he is received of Jesus, and confesses him.</a> 39. <a href="/john/9-39.htm">Who they are whom Jesus enlightens.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>They replied, “You were born in utter sin, This phrase reflects the prevailing Jewish belief that physical ailments or disabilities were a direct result of sin, either by the individual or their parents. This belief is rooted in passages like <a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a>, where God speaks of visiting "the iniquity of the fathers on the children." The Pharisees' response to the healed man reveals their adherence to this doctrine, which Jesus challenges earlier in <a href="/john/9-3.htm">John 9:3</a>, stating that the man's blindness was not due to sin but so that the works of God might be displayed in him. This accusation also highlights the Pharisees' spiritual blindness and their inability to see beyond the law to the grace and power of God.and you are instructing us?” The Pharisees' rhetorical question underscores their pride and perceived superiority as religious leaders. In the cultural and historical context of first-century Judaism, the Pharisees were respected as experts in the Law of Moses and religious traditions. Their question is laced with sarcasm and indignation, as they cannot fathom being taught by someone they consider a sinner and socially inferior. This reflects a broader biblical theme where God often uses the humble and lowly to confound the wise, as seen in <a href="/1_corinthians/1-27.htm">1 Corinthians 1:27</a>, where God chooses the foolish things of the world to shame the wise.And they threw him out. This action signifies the man's excommunication from the synagogue, a severe punishment in Jewish society that meant social and religious isolation. Being cast out of the synagogue was not just a personal rejection but a communal one, affecting one's ability to participate in religious and social life. This expulsion is symbolic of the broader rejection of Jesus by the religious authorities, as they refuse to accept the truth of His miracles and teachings. It also foreshadows the growing division between the early Christian community and traditional Jewish structures, as believers in Jesus were increasingly marginalized. This act of casting out parallels the rejection Jesus Himself faced, fulfilling prophecies like <a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a>, where the Messiah is described as "despised and rejected by men."<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_blind_man.htm">The Blind Man</a> A man who was born blind and healed by Jesus, demonstrating the power and compassion of Christ. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_pharisees.htm">The Pharisees</a> Religious leaders who were skeptical of Jesus and questioned the healed man, ultimately rejecting his testimony. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a> The central figure of the Gospel, who performs the miracle of healing the blind man, revealing His divine authority. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_synagogue.htm">The Synagogue</a> The place where the healed man was questioned and ultimately expelled, representing the religious establishment. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_miracle_of_healing.htm">The Miracle of Healing</a> The event where Jesus heals the blind man, serving as a sign of His messianic identity and divine mission.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_blindness_vs._physical_blindness.htm">Spiritual Blindness vs. Physical Blindness</a> The Pharisees' inability to see the truth of Jesus' identity highlights the danger of spiritual blindness, which is more debilitating than physical blindness. <a href="/topical/p/pride_and_humility.htm">Pride and Humility</a> The Pharisees' pride prevented them from accepting the truth from someone they deemed inferior. Humility is essential for spiritual growth and understanding. <a href="/topical/c/courage_in_witnessing.htm">Courage in Witnessing</a> The healed man's boldness in standing up to the Pharisees serves as an example of courage in sharing our testimony, even in the face of opposition. <a href="/topical/r/rejection_and_acceptance.htm">Rejection and Acceptance</a> Being rejected by the world or religious authorities for standing with Christ is a reality for believers, but acceptance by Jesus is of greater value. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_suffering.htm">God's Sovereignty in Suffering</a> The man's blindness was used for God's glory, reminding us that our suffering can have a divine purpose beyond our understanding.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 9</a> <a href="/q/how_does_the_bible_view_evil.htm">How does the Bible explain evil and suffering?</a> <a href="/q/what_was_jesus'_personality_like.htm">What were Jesus' characteristics and personality like?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_christian_behavior.htm">What defines Christian behavior?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'fullness_of_god'_mean.htm">How can we live faithfully according to Christ's teachings?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(34) Thou wast altogether born in sins.--Their reproach now takes the most malignant form, and shrinks not from casting in his teeth the calamity of his birth as the mark of special sin. "Thou didst come into the world," these words mean, "bearing the curse of God upon thy face. Thou hast said that God heareth not sinners. Thy life in its first moments bore the marks of some fearful crime."And dost thou teach us?--i.e., "Dost thou, marked more than is the common lot of man by sin, teach us, who are the authorised teachers and expositors of the truth?" For any one to have doubted their authority would have seemed out of question; but here was one who had been a beggar, one of the "people of the earth," untrained in the Law, and therefore cursed (comp. Note on <a href="/john/7-49.htm" title="But this people who knows not the law are cursed.">John 7:49</a>), and, more than this, altogether born in sin, who was actually teaching them!And they cast him out.--These words are generally taken to mean excommunication, as in the margin, and it is certain that they may have this sense. (Comp. <a href="/3_john/1-10.htm" title="Why, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he does, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and forbids them that would, and casts them out of the church.">3John 1:10</a>.) Having this meaning before them, our translators did not, however, think it the better one, and their view seems to be borne out by the general impression which we get from the narrative. The man with all his boldness has not technically fallen under the ban they had threatened, for he has not "confessed that He was Christ" (<a href="/john/9-22.htm" title="These words spoke his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.">John 9:22</a>). A decree of the Sanhedrin would have been necessary, and this must have been formally pronounced. Now, we feel that in a detailed narrative such as we have here, all this would hardly be told in a single short sentence. It seems to be rather that their anger has now passed all bounds. They cannot refute the truth which, in his honest, homely way, he has put before them. They can only heap reproaches upon him, and thrust him by force out of their presence.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 34. - Vanquished by this logic of simple fact and plain inference, the authorities have no other weapon to use but invective and persecution. They answered and said to him, Thou wast altogether born in sins; through and through a born reprobate. They take up the superstitious idea which seems (ver. 2) to have been floating in the mind of the disciples. From sins of parents or from thine own sins in thy mother's womb, thou earnest into the world with the brand of thy infamy upon thee. Thus they admit the change that has come over him by reverting to the peculiar depravity which had been stamped upon his brow, according to their narrow interpretation of Divine providence. And dost thou presume to teach us? - the chosen, the learned, the approved ministers of God? Dost thou, with all this heritage and mark of separation from God, dare to instruct the chief pastors and teachers of Israel? They did not stop with cruel words, but in their bitterness of spirit they thrust him forth; they violently expelled him from the synagogue where they were then seated (so Meyer, Maldonatus, Bengel, and many others). We are not told that there and then they excommunicated, or unsynagogued, him. It is probable that this ban followed, with the usual terrible formalities. He had practically confessed that the highest claims which Jesus had ever made about himself were true, and he made himself liable to the curse already pronounced (ver. 22). This marvelous narrative, with its lifelike detail, is not made the text of a discourse. It remains forever the startling vindication of our Lord's own word, that he was Light to the world and Eyesight too, and was able to supply both the objective condition and subjective change by which the nature of man could alone receive the light of life. From ver. 8 to ver. 34 is almost the only passage in the Gospel, with the exception of the passage, <a href="/john/3-22.htm">John 3:22-36</a>, in which we are not standing in the actual presence of the Lord, or are not listening to his judgments on men and things, and to his revelations of the mystery of his own Person. The narrative so far stands by itself, and gives us an insight into the life which was being enacted in Jerusalem contemporaneously with the Divine self-revelation of Jesus. <a href="/commentaries/john/9-34.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>They replied, Ἀπεκρίθησαν (Apekrithēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_611.htm">Strong's 611: </a> From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak. “You σὺ (sy) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. were born ἐγεννήθης (egennēthēs) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1080.htm">Strong's 1080: </a> From a variation of genos; to procreate; figuratively, to regenerate. in Ἐν (En) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. utter ὅλος (holos) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3650.htm">Strong's 3650: </a> All, the whole, entire, complete. A primary word; 'whole' or 'all', i.e. Complete, especially as noun or adverb. sin, ἁμαρτίαις (hamartiais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_266.htm">Strong's 266: </a> From hamartano; a sin. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. you σὺ (sy) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. are instructing διδάσκεις (didaskeis) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1321.htm">Strong's 1321: </a> To teach, direct, admonish. A prolonged form of a primary verb dao; to teach. us?” ἡμᾶς (hēmas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. And καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. they threw ἐξέβαλον (exebalon) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1544.htm">Strong's 1544: </a> To throw (cast, put) out; I banish; I bring forth, produce. From ek and ballo; to eject. him αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. out. ἔξω (exō) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_1854.htm">Strong's 1854: </a> Without, outside. 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