And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
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Gill's Exposition
And his disciples asked him,.... It may be that some of the twelve apostles, or others of his disciples, might put the following question to him on sight of this blind man, who by some means or…
Barnes' Notes
Master, who did sin? ... - It was a universal opinion among the Jews that calamities of all kinds were the effects of sin. See the notes at Luk 13:1-4. The case, however, of this man was that of one…
Adam Clarke
Who did sin, this man, or his parents - The doctrine of the transmigration of souls appears to have been an article in the creed of the Pharisees, and it was pretty general both among the Greeks and…
We have here sight given to a poor beggar that had been blind from his birth. Observe,
I. The notice which our Lord Jesus took of the piteous case of this poor blind man (Joh 9:1): As Jesus passed by…
Cambridge Bible
Master Better, Rabbi: see on Joh 4:31.
who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Literally, that he should be born blind(see note on Joh 8:56). This question has given rise to…