John 9:19

And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
asked	ἠρώτησαν ērōtēsan	G2065	to interrogate · verb — aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural
them	αὐτοὺς autous	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative plural masculine
saying	λέγοντες· legontes	G3004	properly · verb — present active participle, nominative plural masculine
Is	ἐστί estí	G2076	he (she or it) is
this	οὗτός houtos	G3778	the he (she or it) · demonstrative pronoun — nominative singular masculine
your	ὑμῶν hymōn	G5216	of (from or concerning) you
son	υἱὸς huios	G5207	a "son" (sometimes of animals) · noun — nominative singular masculine
who	ὃν hon	G3739	the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun · relative pronoun — accusative singular masculine
ye	ὑμεῖς hymeîs	G5210	you (as subjective of verb)
say	λέγετε legete	G3004	properly · verb — present active indicative, 2nd person plural
born	ἐγεννήθη; egennēthē	G1080	to procreate (properly · verb — aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular
blind	τυφλὸς tuphlos	G5185	opaque (as if smoky) · adjective — nominative singular masculine
how	πῶς pōs	G4459	an interrogative particle of manner · particle — interrogative
then	οὖν oun	G3767	(adverbially) certainly · conjunction
he	βλέπει blepei	G991	to look at (literally or figuratively) · verb — present active indicative, 3rd person singular
now	ἄρτι;¶ arti	G737	just now · adverb
see	βλέπω blépō	G991	to look at (literally or figuratively)

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Cross-references

John 9:8-9 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
Acts 4:14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
Acts 3:10 And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 9:13-34

One would have expected that such a miracle as Christ wrought upon the blind man would have settled his reputation, and silenced and shamed all opposition, but it had the contrary effect; instead of being embraced as a prophet for it, he is prosecuted as a criminal. I. Here is the information that was given in to the Pharisees concerning this matter: They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind, Joh 9:13. They brought him to the great sanhedrim, which consisted chiefly of Pharisees, at least the Pharisees in the sanhedrim were most active against Christ. 1. Some think that those who brought this man to the Pharisees did it with a good design, to show them that this Jesus, whom…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 9:18

the Jews did not believe . . . he had been born blind . . . till they called the parents of him that had received his sight--Foiled by the testimony of the young man himself, they hope to throw doubt on the fact by close questioning his parents, who, perceiving the snare laid for them, ingeniously escape it by testifying simply to the identity of their son, and his birth-blindness, leaving it to himself, as a competent witness, to speak as to the cure. They prevaricated, however, in saying they "knew not who had opened his eyes," for "they feared the Jews," who had come to an understanding (probably after what is recorded, Joh 7:50, &c.; but by this time well known), that whoever owned Him a…

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Adam Clarke on John 9:18

But the Jews did not believe - All the subterfuge they could use was simply to sin against their conscience, by asserting that the man had not been blind; but out of this subterfuge they were soon driven by the testimony of the parents, who, if tried farther on this subject, might have produced as witness, not only the whole neighborhood, but nearly the whole city: for it appears the man got his bread by publicly begging, Joh 9:8. That he had been blind, and received his sight - This clause is omitted in some MSS., probably because similar words occur immediately after. There is, however, no evidence against it, sufficient to exclude it from the test.

The Church Fathers

"Is this your son?" (and they said not, "who once was blind," but) "of whom ye say that he was born blind?" As if they were acting deceitfully, and plotting on behalf of Christ. O ye accursed, utterly accursed! What father would choose to invent such falsehoods against his child? For they almost say, "Whom ye have made out blind, and not only so, but have spread abroad the report everywhere." "How then doth he now see?" O folly! "Yours," saith one, "is the trick and the contrivance." For by these two things do they attempt to lead the parents to a denial; by using the words, "Whom ye say," and, "How then doth he now see?" Now when there were three questions asked, whether he was their son, whether he had been blind, and how he received his sight, the parents only acknowledge two of them, but do not add the third. And this came to pass for the sake of the truth, in order that none other save the man that was healed, who was also worthy of credit, should acknowledge this matter.
— John Chrysostom, Homily on the Gospel of John 58

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Dictionary and topics

Sabbath — (Heb. verb shabbath, meaning “to rest from labour”), the day of rest. It is first mentioned as having been instituted in Paradise, when man was in innocence (Gen. 2:2). “The sabbath was made for…
Converts · .The blind men — .The blind men
Sabbath · 9:13,14;10:31;13:15-22; — 9:13,14;10:31;13:15-22;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

John 9:19

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 9:13-34

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 9:18

Adam Clarke on John 9:18

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John 9:19

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 9:13-34

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 9:18

Adam Clarke on John 9:18

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on John 9:19

John Calvin on John 9:18-23

Tyndale Open Study Notes on John 9:18