John 9:3

John 9:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
• New International Version (NIV)“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him.

Context of John 9:3

1Now as Jesus was passing by, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. 2His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?” Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but he was born blind so that the acts of God may be revealed through what happens to him. 4We must perform the deeds of the one who sent me as long as it is daytime. Night is coming when no one can work. 5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

John 9:3 word by word

Ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς· οὔτε οὗτος ἥμαρτεν οὔτε οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ, ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα φανερωθῇ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• Neitherοὔτεoute · neitherG3777
• hathἁμαρτάνωhamartanō · to sinG264
• this manοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• parentsγονεύςgoneus · parentG1118
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• the worksἔργονergon · workG2041
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• should be made manifestφανερόωphaneroō · to revealG5319
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722

Cross-references for John 9:3

• Job 1:8So the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil.”
• Job 2:3Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason.”
• Job 21:27“Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
• Job 22:5Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity?
• Job 32:3With Job’s three friends he was also angry, because they could not find an answer, and so declared Job guilty.
• Job 42:7After the Lord had spoken these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My anger is stirred up against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.
• Ecclesiastes 9:1So I reflected on all this, attempting to clear it all up. I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their works, are in the hand of God; whether a person will be loved or hated – no one knows what lies ahead.
• Luke 13:2He answered them, “Do you think these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things?
• Acts 28:4When the local people saw the creature hanging from Paul’s hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer! Although he has escaped from the sea, Justice herself has not allowed him to live!”
• John 11:4When Jesus heard this, he said, “This sickness will not lead to death, but to God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
• John 14:11Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, but if you do not believe me, believe because of the miraculous deeds themselves.
• Matthew 11:5The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them.
• Acts 4:21After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising God for what had happened.

Commentaries on John 9:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents - That is, the blindness of this person is not occasioned by any sin of his own, nor of his parents, but has happened in the ordinary course of Divine providence, and shall now become the instrument of salvation to his soul, edification to others, and glory to God. Many of the Jews thought that marks on the body were proofs of sin in the soul. From a like persuasion, probably arose that proverb among our…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Neither hath this man sinned … - That is, his blindness is not the effect of his sin, or that of his parents. Jesus did not, evidently, mean to affirm that he or his parents were without any sin, but that this blindness was not the effect of sin. This answer is to be interpreted by the nature of the question submitted to him. The sense is, “his blindness is not to be traced to any fault of his or of his parents.” But that the works of God - This thing has…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-41At the Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus claimed to be the light of the world (chapters 7–8; see 8:12). Now John tells about Jesus giving light, both physically and spiritually, to a blind man who lived in darkness (see 9:5). The story ends with a surprising reversal (a complete change) of roles: The man who had been blind was assumed to live in spiritual darkness. Yet he came to see and accept God’s light. The Pharisees could see with their physical eyes…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-411-5. as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from birth--and who "sat begging" (Joh 9:8).Read the comment

Topics related to John 9:3

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Blindness
• Miracles
• Sabbath
• Siloam

In the dictionaries

• God
• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Agree
• Anoint
• Ask
• Fall of man
• Beg; Beggar; Begging
• Death

Commentaries on John 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings