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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Jesus heard that they had cast him out,.... this being perhaps the first instance, of putting in execution the act they had made, John 9:22, and was a stretching of that act; which only threatened with an ejection, in case any should confess Jesus to be the Messiah; which this man had not done as yet, only had said he was a prophet, and that he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him,— Oh, how he rejoices in finding those that are cast out by the world, or by the self-righteous: “When he had found him,”—.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? He answered and said,— Note the humility of the man’s tone, how changed it is from that sharpness, that acerbity to which he had been driven by his enemies: “He answered and said,”—
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus heard that they had cast him out: and when he had found him, What a blessed thing to be cast out, if Christ finds us! Many and many have been put out of the synagogue and treated with contempt, but then outside Jerusalem they found their Lord, for there he died without the camp, and his people need not be ashamed to go after him bearing his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? He answered and said, Who is he, Lord. that I might believe on him? And Jesus said unto him. Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. He does not appear to have been a Unitarian, therefore; and if those persons had their...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God ?He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. I scarcely remember that, up to this time, the Lord Jesus had given such a manifestation of himself to anyone...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus heard that they had cast him out; — Jesus knew all that had happened to this man, but someone probably related the story to him; and our Lord knows all about each one of us, and he knows whether anyone here is suffering for his sake or for the truth’s sake. Jesus knew that they had cast him out; — Joh_9:35. And when he had found him, — For...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? He was a sensible man, and he had the sense to perceive that knowledge rightly used leads to faith. He desired to know in order that he might believe; and if you ever say that you cannot believe, but are anxious to do so, then...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He answered and said,.... That is, "he that was healed", as the Syriac version reads: who is the Lord that I might believe in him? which shows, that though he knew there was a Messiah expected, and he believed in him as to come, yet he knew not that he was already come, nor the particular person in human nature, who was the Messiah, and the Son of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? He is a lamb before Christ though he was a lion before the Pharisees. That is the true Christian character,—gentle, tender, humble, meek, in the presence of the God of mercy, but with no trembling, no giving way in the presence of the adversaries of Christ and his truth.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Jesus said unto him,.... Giving him the tokens by which he might know him: thou hast both seen him; not that he had seen him before now, with his bodily eyes; for he was blind when Christ anointed him, and sent him to Siloam to wash; nor when he came back, since Jesus was gone, and he knew not where he was; but he had seen him, that is, he had...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. He was no Unitarian: “he worshipped him.” And you, beloved, cannot help worshipping him who has opened your eyes spiritually. It is those who are still blind who will not worship him; but once let us feel the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. That is the way with a genuine believer, he worships Christ. Why? Because he believes him to be God. It would be idolatry to worship Christ if he were only man, and Christ would have been an impostor if he had...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. 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. And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said, Lord, I believe,.... He immediately found faith in his soul, and that in exercise, moving towards, and acting upon Christ, as the Son of God, and true Messiah, for everlasting life and salvation; and as soon as he did perceive it, he made an open and hearty profession of it: and he worshipped him: as God, with religious worship and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. Which proves that the man was not a Unitarian. “He worshipped him” who had opened his eyes, and we also will worship him for ever and ever, blessed be his holy name!
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Jesus said, for judgment I am come into this world,.... The Syriac version reads, "for the judgment of this world I am come"; and with which agrees the Ethiopic version, "for the judgment of the world I am come into the world"; and the Arabic and Persic versions still more expressly, "to judge this world", or "the world, am I come"; which...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? Jesus said unto them, if ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. Christ is the turner of the tables. Did not the virgin mother sing, “He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and he hath exalted them of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with good things, but the rich...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin...