John 9:38

John 9:38

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?”

41 Jesus said to them, ^a“If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.

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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Lord, I believe (Pisteuw, kurie). Kurie here = Lord (reverence, no longer respect as in John 9:36). A short creed, but to the point.

And he worshipped him (kai prosekunhsen autw). Ingressive first aorist active indicative of proskunew, old verb to fall down in reverence, to worship. Sometimes of men (Matthew 18:26). In John (see John 4:20) this verb "is always used to express divine worship" (Bernard). It is tragic to hear men today deny that Jesus should be worshipped. He accepted worship from this new convert as he later did from Thomas who called him "God" (John 20:28). Peter (Acts 10:25 f.) refused worship from Cornelius as Paul and Barnabas did at Lystra (Acts 14:18), but Jesus made no protest here.

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