And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
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Gill's Exposition
Jesus said unto them, if ye were blind,.... And sensible of it, and knew yourselves to be blind, and were desirous of light and knowledge,
ye would have no sin: or your sin would not be so…
Adam Clarke
Are we blind also? - These Pharisees understood Christ as speaking of blindness in a spiritual sense, and wished to know if he considered them in that state.
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.…
Cambridge Bible
And some of Better, Those of.
Are we blind also? Or, Surely we also are not blind? See on Joh 9:9. Of course they understand Him to be speaking figuratively. It is strange that any should have…
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