John:9:35-41
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John:9:35 @{
Finding him } (\
heur
n auton \).
Second aorist active participle of \
heurisk \,
after search because of what he had heard (\
kousen \). {
Dost thou believe on the Son of God ?} (\
Su pisteueis eis ton huion tou theou ;\).
Songs:A L Theta and most versions ,
but Aleph B D W Syr-sin read \
tou anthr
pou \ (
the Son of Man ),
almost certainly correct .
In either case it is a distinct Messianic claim quite beyond the range of this man '
s limited knowledge ,
keen as he is .
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John:9:36 @{
And who is he ,
Lord ,
that I may believe on him ?} (\
Kai tis estin ,
kurie ;\).
The initial \
kai \ (
and )
is common (
Mark:10:26 ;
strkjv @
Luke:10:29 ;
strkjv @
18:26 |).
Probably by \
kurie \
he means only "
Sir ."
It usually comes at the beginning of the sentence ,
not at the end as here and verse 38 |. {
That I may believe on him } (\
hina pisteus
eis auton \).
Ellipsis to be supplied before this final clause .
He catches up the words of Jesus in the preceding verse ,
though he does not yet know who the Son of Man (
or Son of God )
is ,
but he trusts Jesus .
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John:9:37 @{
Thou hast both seen him } (\
kai he
rakas auton \).
Perfect active indicative (
double reduplication )
of \
hora \.
Since his eyes were opened . {
And he it is that speaketh with thee } (\
kai ho lal
n meta sou ekeinos estin \). "
And the one speaking with thee is that man ."
See strkjv @
19:35 |
for \
ekeinos \
used of the speaker .
In strkjv @
4:26 |
Jesus reveals himself in like manner to the Samaritan woman as Messiah while here as the Son of Man (
or the Son of God ).
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John:9:38 @{
Lord ,
I believe } (\
Pisteu ,
kurie \). \
Kurie \
here =
Lord (
reverence ,
no longer respect as in 36 |).
A short creed ,
but to the point . {
And he worshipped him } (\
kai prosekun
sen aut
i \).
Ingressive first aorist active indicative of \
proskune \,
old verb to fall down in reverence ,
to worship .
Sometimes of men (
Matthew:18:26 |).
In John (
see strkjv @
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:10:25f .|)
refused worship from Cornelius as Paul and Barnabas did at Lystra (
Acts:14:18 |),
but Jesus made no protest here .
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John:9:39 @{
For judgement } (\
eis krima \).
The Father had sent the Son for this purpose (
3:17 |).
This world (\
kosmos \)
is not the home of Jesus .
The \
krima \ (
judgement ),
a word nowhere else in John ,
is the result of the \
krisis \ (
sifting )
from \
krin \,
to separate .
The Father has turned over this process of sifting (\
krisis \)
to the Son (
5:22 |).
He is engaged in that very work by this miracle . {
They which see not } (\
hoi m
blepontes \).
The spiritually blind as well as the physically blind (
Luke:4:18 ;
strkjv @
Isaiah:42:18 |).
Purpose clause with \
hina \
and present active subjunctive \
blep
sin \ (
may keep on seeing ).
This man now sees physically and spiritually . {
And that they which see may become blind } (\
kai hoi blepontes tuphloi gen
ntai \).
Another part of God '
s purpose ,
seen in strkjv @
Matthew:11:25 ;
strkjv @
Luke:10:21 |,
is the curse on those who blaspheme and reject the Son .
Note ingressive aorist middle subjunctive of \
ginomai \
and predicate nominative . \
Hoi blepontes \
are those who profess to see like these Pharisees ,
but are really blind .
Blind guides they were (
Matthew:23:16 |).
Complacent satisfaction with their dim light .
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John:9:40 @{
Are we also blind ?} (\
M
kai h
meis tuphloi esmen ;\).
Negative answer expected (\
m \)
and yet these Pharisees who overheard the words of Jesus to the new convert vaguely suspected that Jesus was referring to them by the last clause .
Up in Galilee Jesus had called the Pharisees blind guides who stumble into the pit (
Matthew:15:14 |).
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John:9:41 @{
If ye were blind } (\
ei tuphloi
te \).
Condition of second class with imperfect indicative in the protasis .
The old word \
tuphlos \
is from \
tuph \,
to raise a smoke ,
to blind by smoke (
literally and metaphorically ).
Here ,
of course ,
it is moral blindness .
If the Pharisees were born morally blind ,
they would ,
like idiots ,
be without responsibility . {
Ye would not have sin } (\
ouk an eichete hamartian \).
Regular form for conclusion of second-class condition , \
an \
with imperfect . {
But now ye say } (\
nun de legete \).
In contrast to the previous condition .
See like contrast in strkjv @
15:22 ,
24 |.
They arrogantly asserted superior knowledge . {
We see } (\
blepomen \).
The ignorant mob do not (
7:49 |).
It is sin against light and is hopeless (
Mark:3:29 ;
strkjv @
Matthew:12:31f .|). "
Ye are witnesses against yourselves " (\
martureite heautois \,
strkjv @
Matthew:23:31 |).