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The Assumptions Behind the Question
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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Albert Barnes
On John 9:2
18th Century
Theologian
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…
AT Robertson
On John 9:2
Who did sin? (τις ημαρτεν; ). Second aorist active indicative of αμαρτανω. See Ac 3:2; 14:8 for two examples of lameness from birt…
Charles Ellicott
On John 9:2
19th Century
Bishop
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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Charles Spurgeon
On John 9:1–3
19th Century
Preacher
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 …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On John 9:2
The interest of the disciples was prompted by theological curiosity rather than compassion. For them the blind man was an unsolved riddle rather th…
John Calvin
On John 9:2
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On John 9:2
17th Century
Pastor
And his disciples asked him
It may be that some of the twelve apostles, or others of his disciples, might put the fo…
Matthew Henry
On John 9:1–7
17th Century
Minister
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…