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If ye were blind (ε τυφλο ητε). Condition of second class with imperfect indicative in the protasis. The old word τυφλος is from τ…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
If you were blind. If you were really blind—had had no opportunities of learning the truth. If you were truly ignorant, …
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
If ye were blind, ye should have no sin.—His answer is that He does not place them among those who are in this second sen…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
Church Fathers
ChurchFathers
St. John Chrysostom: Those who suffer for the sake of the truth and the confession of Christ come to the greatest honor, as we…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
The negative result is illustrated by the Pharisees’ response. Jesus’ remark in v.39 makes him the pivot on which human destiny turns. The Pharisee…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
If you were blind. These words may be explained in two ways; either, that ignorance would, in some degree, alleviate their guilt, if they …
John Gill
JohnGill
Jesus said to them, if you were blind
And sensible of it, and knew you were blind, and were desirous of light and kn…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Christ came into the world to give sight to those who were spiritually blind. He came also that those who see might be made blind; and that those w…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
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After the Evangelist showed how the Jews cast out the man born blind because he persisted in the truth, he now shows how Jesus received a…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson