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John 9:3
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A Man Born Blind Receives Sight

1 Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth.
2 And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, awho sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”  
3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, abut that the works of God should be revealed in him.  
4 aI must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is bday; the night is coming when no one can work.  
5 As long as I am in the world, aI am the light of the world.”  
6 When He had said these things, aHe spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay.  
7 And He said to him, “Go, wash ain the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So bhe went and washed, and came back seeing.  
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John 9:3

But that the works of God should be made manifest in him (all ina fanerwqh ta erga tou qeou en autw). Jesus denies both alternatives, and puts God's purpose (all ina with first aorist subjunctive of fanerow) as the true solution. It is sometimes true that disease is the result of personal sin as in the man in John 5:14 and parents can hand on the effects of sin to the third and fourth generations, but there are cases free from blame like this. There is comfort for many sufferers in the words of Jesus here.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 9:3:

John 1:8
John 5:14
John 11:4
John 13:18
John 14:31
John 15:25
1 John 2:19

 

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