John Bengel Commentary - John 9:3 - 9:3

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John Bengel Commentary - John 9:3 - 9:3


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Joh 9:3. Ἀπεκρίθη, answered) Jesus is wont to answer more plainly to His disciples than to the unbelieving Jews.-ἥμαρτεν, hath sinned) Repeat, that he should be born blind [Human reason delights to draw the conclusion of there being some special fault, from some special misfortune: Luk 13:2; Luk 13:4, “Suppose ye, these Galileans-whose blood Pilate mingled with their sacrifices-were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things? I tell you nay, etc. Or those eighteen on whom the tower of Siloam fell,” etc.; Act 28:4, “When the barbarians saw the venemous beast hang on-Paul’s-hand, they said, No doubt this is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.”-V. g.-ἀλλʼ, but) Comp. ch. Joh 11:4, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.”-ἴνα, that) The power of God.-τὰ ἔργα, the works) Plural. When one work of God is known, all are known. From His works shine forth the Power, and the Glory, and the Grace of God.