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His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
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The disciples' question reflects a common belief in their time: that specific suffering was a direct punishment for a specific sin. Commentators explain the two possibilities they offered: 1) The parents sinned, a concept drawn from passages like Exodus 20:5. 2) The man himself sinned, an idea rooted in contemporary speculation about sinning in the womb or even in a pre-existent state (transmigration of souls).
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Master, who did sin? etc. It was a universal opinion among the Jews that calamities of all kinds were the effects of sin (see Bar…
Who did sin? (τις ημαρτεν; ). Second aorist active indicative of αμαρτανω. See Ac 3:2; 14:8 for two examples of lameness from birt…
19th Century
Anglican
Who did sin, this man, or his parents?—The disciples noticed that He looked at the man, and it may be that He halted as H…
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Baptist
And as Jesus passed by he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his …
The interest of the disciples was prompted by theological curiosity rather than compassion. For them the blind man was an unsolved riddle rather th…
16th Century
Protestant
Rabbi, who has sinned, this man, or his parents? In the first place, as Scripture testifies that all the sufferings to which the human rac…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And his disciples asked him It may be that some of the twelve apostles, or others of his disciples, might put the fo…
Christ cured many who were blind by disease or accident; here He cured one born blind. Thus He showed His power to help in the most desperate cases…
13th Century
Catholic
After showing the enlightening power of His teaching by His own words, our Lord confirms this by His action when He gives sight to one physically b…
