Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
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Gill's Exposition
He answered and said,.... That is, "he that was healed", as the Syriac version reads:
who is the Lord that I might believe in him? which shows, that though he knew there was a Messiah expected, and…
Barnes' Notes
Dost thou believe on the Son of God? - Hitherto he had understood little of the true character of Jesus. He believed that he had power to heal him, and he inferred that he must be a prophet, Joh 9:17.…
Adam Clarke
Dost thou believe on the Son of God? - This was the same with, Dost thou believe on the Messiah? for these two characters were inseparable; see Joh 1:34, Joh 1:49; Joh 10:36; Mat 16:16; Mar 1:1.
In these verses we may observe,
I. The tender care which our Lord Jesus took of this poor man (Joh 9:35): When Jesus heard that they had cast him out (for it is likely the town rang of it, and…
Cambridge Bible
Dost thou believe There is a stress on -thou." -Dost thou, though others deny and blaspheme, believe?"
On the Son of God Again there is much doubt about the reading. The balance of MSS. authority…
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