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Joh_9:3. Οὐ παντελῶς ἀναμαρτήτους αὐτούς φησιν , ἀλλʼ ὅσον εἰς τὸ τυφλωθῆναι αὐτόν , Euth. Zigabenus.
ἀλλʼ ] sc. τυφλὸς ἐγεννήθη .
τὰ ἔργα τοῦ θεοῦ ] the works of God, ie. what God works, was to be manifested in Him. The expression must be left in this general form (it first acquires its more exact force in Joh_9:4); it denotes the entire category of which such miraculous healings were a particular species; hence the works of God were set forth and brought to light in this concrete case, to wit, in the man ( ἐν αὐτῷ ) who experienced the divine miraculous power. In the connection of the divine decree, however, from which everything accidental, everything independent of the divine plan, is excluded, this φανέρωσις must stand in the relation of a purpose towards the sufferings which, in this particular concrete case, are miraculously removed. Hence ἵνα φανερ ., etc., is a thought which contains the true nature of the Theodicy for all sufferings. According to Weiss, Lehrbegr. p. 201, the ἔργα θ . are spiritual operations, namely, the enlightenment of the world, symbolically set forth by this healing of the blind. This, however, anticipates the doctrinal application which Jesus Himself makes of the work which He wrought (Joh_9:39).