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34 They answered and said to him, a“You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?” And they1 cast him out.  

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35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had afound him, He said to him, “Do you bbelieve in cthe Son of God?”  
36 He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?”
37 And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and ait is He who is talking with you.”  
38 Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he aworshiped Him.  
39 And Jesus said, a“For judgment I have come into this world, bthat those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”  
40 Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, aand said to Him, “Are we blind also?”  
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John 9:36

Who is he? - It is probable that the man did not know that he who now addressed him was the same who had healed him. He had not yet seen him John 9:7, but he was prepared to acknowledge him when he did see him. He inquired, therefore, who the person was, or wished that he might be pointed out to him, that he might see him. This passage shows that he was disposed to believe, and had a strong desire to see and hear the Son of God.

Lord - This word here, as in many other instances in the New Testament, means "Sir." It is clear that the man did not know that it was the Lord Jesus that addressed him, and he therefore replied to him in the common language of respect, and asked him to point out to him the Son of God. The word translated "Lord" here is rendered "Sir" in John 4:11; John 20:15; John 12:21; Acts 16:30; Matthew 27:63. It should have been also here, and in many other places.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing John 9:36:

Matthew 19:1

 

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