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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/john/9.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/john/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/john/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/john/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And passing by, He saw a man blind from birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/john/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And as <i>Jesus</i> passed by, he saw a man which was blind from <i>his</i> birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/john/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now as <i>Jesus</i> passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/john/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />As <i>Jesus</i> passed by, He saw a man <i>who had been</i> blind from birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/john/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/john/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And as He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/john/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/john/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />While He was passing by, He noticed a man [who had been] blind from birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/john/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As he was passing by, he saw a man blind from birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/john/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As He was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/john/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And as he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/john/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who had been blind since birth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/john/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And as he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/john/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who had been born blind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/john/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been born blind. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/john/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />As he was walking along, he observed a man who had been blind from birth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/john/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/john/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now as Jesus was passing by, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/john/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/john/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man who was blind from his birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />As He passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from his birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/john/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/john/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/john/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And passing by, He saw a man blind from birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/john/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And passing by, he saw a man blind from birth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/john/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And passing by, he saw a man blind from birth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/john/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />AND Jesus passing by, saw a man, who was blind from his birth: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/john/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And Jesus, while passing by, saw a man blind from birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/john/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />As he passed by he saw a man blind from birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/john/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/john/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />AND as Jesus passed by he saw a man who was blind from his mother’s womb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/9.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And as he passed, he saw a man blind from his mother's womb.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/john/9.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />And as he passed by, he saw a man that had been blind from his birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/john/9.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />And passing along, He saw a man blind from his birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/john/9.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />AND as he passed along, he saw a man blind from his birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/john/9.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />As Jesus passed by, he saw a man that was born blind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/john/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />As He passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from his birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/john/9.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />And, passing along, he saw a man blind from <i>his</i> birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/john/9.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />And <i>as Jesus was</i> passing along, He saw a man, <i>who had been</i> blind from his birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/john/9-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=3203" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/john/9.htm">Jesus Heals the Man Born Blind</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">Now as</a> <a href="/greek/3855.htm" title="3855: paragōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- To pass by, depart, pass away. From para and ago; to lead near, i.e. to go along or away.">Jesus was passing by,</a> <a href="/greek/3708.htm" title="3708: eiden (V-AIA-3S) -- Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.">He saw</a> <a href="/greek/444.htm" title="444: anthrōpon (N-AMS) -- A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.">a man</a> <a href="/greek/5185.htm" title="5185: typhlon (Adj-AMS) -- Blind, physically or mentally. From, tuphoo; opaque, i.e. blind.">blind</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">from</a> <a href="/greek/1079.htm" title="1079: genetēs (N-GFS) -- Birth. Feminine of a presumed derivative of the base of genea; birth.">birth,</a> </span> <span class="reftext">2</span>and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-12.htm">John 8:12</a></span><br />Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-4.htm">John 1:4-5</a></span><br />In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. / The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/3-2.htm">John 3:2</a></span><br />He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/5-14.htm">John 5:14</a></span><br />Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-9.htm">John 11:9-10</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world. / But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-35.htm">John 12:35-36</a></span><br />Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. / While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-46.htm">John 12:46</a></span><br />I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-27.htm">Matthew 9:27-31</a></span><br />As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!” / After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” He asked. “Yes, Lord,” they answered. / Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/8-22.htm">Mark 8:22-26</a></span><br />When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. / So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked. / The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/18-35.htm">Luke 18:35-43</a></span><br />As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging. / When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. / “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by,” they told him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/26-18.htm">Acts 26:18</a></span><br />to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-4.htm">2 Corinthians 4:4-6</a></span><br />The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. / For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. / For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-6.htm">Isaiah 42:6-7</a></span><br />“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations, / to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/35-5.htm">Isaiah 35:5</a></span><br />Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-18.htm">Isaiah 29:18</a></span><br />On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.</p><p class="hdg">he saw.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/9-32.htm">John 9:32</a></b></br> Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/4-44.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/john/5-3.htm">Blind</a> <a href="/john/8-59.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/8-59.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/john/1-36.htm">Passing</a> <a href="/john/8-59.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/9-2.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/john/9-2.htm">Blind</a> <a href="/john/9-3.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/acts/1-5.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/acts/5-15.htm">Passing</a> <a href="/john/9-7.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">John 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/9-1.htm">The man born blind is restored to sight.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/9-8.htm">He is brought to the Pharisees.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/9-13.htm">They are offended at it;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/9-35.htm">but he is received of Jesus, and confesses him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">39. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/john/9-39.htm">Who they are whom Jesus enlightens.</a></span><br></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <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> <br /><br /> </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><b>Now as Jesus was passing by</b><br>This phrase sets the scene for the miracle that is about to occur. Jesus is often depicted in the Gospels as moving from place to place, teaching and performing miracles. This itinerant ministry is significant as it fulfills the prophecy of <a href="/isaiah/61.htm">Isaiah 61:1</a>, where the Messiah is described as one who brings good news to the poor and freedom to the captives. The phrase also highlights Jesus' awareness and compassion, as He notices those in need even while on the move.<p><b>He saw a man</b><br>The act of seeing here is intentional and compassionate. In the cultural context of the time, many would overlook or ignore those with disabilities, often associating them with sin or divine punishment. Jesus' attention to the man signifies His mission to seek and save the lost, as stated in <a href="/luke/19-10.htm">Luke 19:10</a>. This moment also prefigures the spiritual insight that Jesus offers, contrasting with the physical blindness of the man.<p><b>blind from birth</b><br>This detail emphasizes the severity of the man's condition, as congenital blindness was considered incurable. In the Jewish understanding, such a condition might be seen as a result of sin, either of the individual or their parents, as suggested by the disciples' question in <a href="/john/9-2.htm">John 9:2</a>. The healing that follows serves as a powerful sign of Jesus' divine authority and His role as the Light of the World (<a href="/john/8-12.htm">John 8:12</a>), bringing both physical and spiritual sight. This miracle also connects to the prophecy in <a href="/isaiah/35-5.htm">Isaiah 35:5</a>, which speaks of the eyes of the blind being opened in the Messianic age.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a></b><br>The central figure of the New Testament, the Son of God, who performs miracles and teaches about the Kingdom of God. In this passage, He is the one who notices the blind man.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_blind_man.htm">The Blind Man</a></b><br>A man who has been blind since birth. His condition sets the stage for a significant miracle and teaching moment by Jesus.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_disciples.htm">The Disciples (implied)</a></b><br>Although not mentioned in this specific verse, they are present in the account and engage in a discussion with Jesus about the blind man's condition in the following verses.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem (implied)</a></b><br>While not explicitly mentioned in this verse, the events of <a href="/bsb/john/9.htm">John 9</a> occur in or around Jerusalem, where Jesus often taught and performed miracles.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_event.htm">The Event</a></b><br>The healing of the man born blind, which serves as a sign of Jesus' divine authority and a teaching moment about spiritual blindness and sight.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/j/jesus'_compassion_and_awareness.htm">Jesus' Compassion and Awareness</a></b><br>Jesus notices those whom society often overlooks, teaching us to be attentive and compassionate to the needs around us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_blindness_vs._physical_blindness.htm">Spiritual Blindness vs. Physical Blindness</a></b><br>The physical healing of the blind man symbolizes the spiritual sight Jesus offers, encouraging us to seek spiritual understanding and insight.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_suffering.htm">God's Sovereignty in Suffering</a></b><br>The man's blindness from birth sets the stage for God's work to be displayed, reminding us that our struggles can serve a greater purpose in God's plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_and_obedience.htm">Faith and Obedience</a></b><br>The subsequent healing requires the man's obedience to Jesus' instructions, illustrating the importance of faith and action in our spiritual journey.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/witnessing_through_transformation.htm">Witnessing Through Transformation</a></b><br>The transformation of the blind man becomes a testimony to others, encouraging us to share how Jesus has changed our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_mud_restore_sight_in_john_9_1-7.htm">In John 9:1–7, how is it scientifically possible for mud and washing to restore sight? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_miracles_match_psychosomatic,_not_injuries.htm">Why do healing miracles align with psychosomatic illnesses rather than physical injuries?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_tourette's.htm">What does the Bible say about Tourette syndrome?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_harsh_reaction_in_john_9_13-16.htm">In John 9:13–16, why would the Pharisees react so harshly if this account were verifiable? </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>(1) <span class= "bld">And as Jesus passed by.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">And. as He was passing by.</span> The words are immediately connected with those of the preceding verse, "and went out of the Temple." It was then, as He was leaving the Temple to escape the fury of His enemies who had taken up stones to cast at Him, and was passing by. the place where the blind man was, that His eye fell upon him. The day was the Sabbath of the preceding discourse, now drawing to its close. (Comp. <a href="/john/9-4.htm" title="I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night comes, when no man can work.">John 9:4</a>; <a href="/john/9-14.htm" title="And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.">John 9:14</a>, and <a href="/john/8-12.htm" title="Then spoke Jesus again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.">John 8:12</a>.) The place was probably some spot near the Temple, perhaps one of its gates. We know that beggars were placed near these gates to ask alms (<a href="/acts/3-2.htm" title="And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;">Acts 3:2</a>), and this man was well known as one who sat and begged (<a href="/john/9-8.htm" title="The neighbors therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?">John 9:8</a>).<p><span class= "bld">A man which was blind from his birth.</span>--The fact was well known, and was probably publicly proclaimed by the man himself or his parents (<a href="/john/9-20.htm" title="His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:">John 9:20</a>) as an aggravation of his misery, and as a plea for the alms of passers by. Of the six miracles connected with blindness which are recorded in the Gospels, this is the only case described as blindness from birth. In this lies its special characteristic, for "since the world began, was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind" (<a href="/john/9-32.htm" title="Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.">John 9:32</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 1-7.</span> - <p><span class="note_emph">(8)</span> <span class="accented">The Lord confirms by a sign the declaration that he is the Light of the world</span>, <span class="accented">by giving eyesight as well as light</span>. That which had been proclaimed as a great truth of his Being and mission, viz. that he was the Light of the world, was now to be established and confirmed to the disciples by a signal miracle. The "higher criticism" finds explanation of this and other similar miracles at Bethsaida and Jericho, in the prophecy of <a href="/isaiah/42-19.htm">Isaiah 42:19</a>; <a href="/isaiah/43-8.htm">Isaiah 43:8</a>; <a href="/isaiah/35-5.htm">Isaiah 35:5</a>; <a href="/isaiah/29-18.htm">Isaiah 29:18</a>. Volkmar holds that the story of Zacchaeus is thus rewritten! Thoma thinks that we have a spiritualization of the "miracle" on Saul of Tarsus. It would be waste time to point out the differences which are patent to the simplest criticism. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And</span> - the <span class="greek">καί</span> suggests relation both in subject-matter, in time, place, occasion, and theme, with that which had preceded - <span class="cmt_word">as Jesus was passing by, going along his way, he saw a man blind from birth</span> (cf. <span class="greek">ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς αὐτοῦ</span>, <a href="/acts/3-2.htm">Acts 3:2</a>; <a href="/acts/14-8.htm">Acts 14:8</a>). He was obviously a well-known beggar, who had often proclaimed the fact that he was blind from birth (see ver. 8). Such a condition and history rendered the cure more difficult and hopeless in the view of ordinary <span class="accented">professors</span> of the healing art, and the juxtaposition of such a symbolic fact with the near activity of those who were boasting of their Abrahamic privilege and their national and mere hereditary advantages, is one of the instances of the unconscious poesy of the gospel history. There he sits, the very type of the race which says, "We <span class="accented">see</span>," but which to Christ's eye was proclaiming its utter helplessness and blindness, not asking even to be illumined, and revealing the fundamental injury done to the very race and nature of man, and calling for all the healing power that he had been sent into the world to dispense. The man who had been struck blind, or whose eyesight had been slowly dosed by disease, became the type of the effect of special sins upon the character and life; thus <span class="accented">e.g.</span>, <span class="accented">vanity</span> conceals radical defects and weaknesses; <span class="accented">pride</span> hides from the sinner's own view his own trans<span class="accented">gressions</span>; temporary blindness to great faults is one of the symptoms of <span class="accented">gross sin</span> like David's, and prejudice is proverbially blind and deaf; but here is a man who is nothing less than the type of a congenital bias to evil, of hereditary damage done to human nature. Unless Christ can pour light upon those who are <span class="accented">born</span> blind, he is not the Savior the world needs. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/john/9-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">Now as</span><br /><span class="grk">Καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(Kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">[Jesus] was passing by,</span><br /><span class="grk">παράγων</span> <span class="translit">(paragōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3855.htm">Strong's 3855: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass by, depart, pass away. From para and ago; to lead near, i.e. to go along or away.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He saw</span><br /><span class="grk">εἶδεν</span> <span class="translit">(eiden)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3708.htm">Strong's 3708: </a> </span><span class="str2">Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a man</span><br /><span class="grk">ἄνθρωπον</span> <span class="translit">(anthrōpon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_444.htm">Strong's 444: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">blind</span><br /><span class="grk">τυφλὸν</span> <span class="translit">(typhlon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5185.htm">Strong's 5185: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blind, physically or mentally. From, tuphoo; opaque, i.e. blind.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐκ</span> <span class="translit">(ek)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> </span><span class="str2">From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">birth,</span><br /><span class="grk">γενετῆς</span> <span class="translit">(genetēs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1079.htm">Strong's 1079: </a> </span><span class="str2">Birth. 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