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John 9:2

SufferingSin

1 Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,

and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.

4 While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
KJV
And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
WEB
His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
ASV
And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man, or his parents, that he should be born blind?
DARBY
And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this [man] or his parents, that he should be born blind?
BLB
And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this [man] or his parents, that he should be born blind?”
ÅB
Og hans disipler spurte ham: Rabbi! hvem er det som har syndet, han eller hans foreldre, siden han skulle fødes blind?
OTB
Disiplene spurte Ham: «Mester, hvem var det som syndet, denne mannen eller hans foreldre, siden han ble født blind?»
B1930
Og hans disipler spurte ham: Rabbi! hvem er det som har syndet, han eller hans foreldre, siden han skulde fødes blind?

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Cross references

  • Luke 13:2

    To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this fate?

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  • John 9:34

    They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.

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  • Exodus 20:5

    You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

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  • Acts 28:4

    When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”

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