And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
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Gill's Exposition
And some of the Pharisees which were with him,.... Who had followed him, and were watching him, and observing what he said and did, in order to take all advantages, and every opportunity against him,…
Barnes' Notes
For judgment - The word “judgment,” here, has been by some understood in the sense of condemnation - “The effect of my coming is to condemn the world. But this meaning does not agree with those places…
Adam Clarke
For judgment I am come - I am come to manifest and execute the just judgment of God:
1. By giving sight to the blind, and light to the Gentiles who sit in darkness.
2. By removing the true light from…
Christ, having spoken comfort to the poor man that was persecuted, here speaks conviction to his persecutors, a specimen of the distributions of trouble and rest at the great day, Th2 1:6, Th2 1:7.…
"The concluding verses contain a saying which is thoroughly in the manner of the Synoptists (cf. Mat 15:14; Mat 23:16-17; Mat 23:24; Mat 23:26). It also supplies a warranty for ascribing a typical…
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