Vincent Word Studies - John 9:31 - 9:31

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Vincent Word Studies - John 9:31 - 9:31


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We know

Here the pronoun is not expressed, and the we is not emphatic, like the pronouns in Joh 9:24, Joh 9:29, but expresses the common information of all concerning a familiar fact.

A worshipper of God (θεοσεβὴς)

Only here in the New Testament. The kindred word, θεοσέβεια, godliness, occurs only at 1Ti 2:10. Compounded with Θεός, God, and σέβομαι, to worship, the same verb which appears in εὐσεβής, devout (Act 10:2, Act 10:7; Act 22:12), and εὐσέβεια, godliness (Act 3:12; 1Ti 2:2, etc.). See on 2Pe 1:3. These two latter words, while they may mean reverence toward God, may also mean the due fulfillment of human relations; while θεοσεβὴς, worshipper of God, is limited to piety towards God.