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John 9:19

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

What does John 9:19 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? How then doth he now see?” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? How then doth he now see?
John 9:19 — American Standard Version

Context — John 9

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
16Some therefore of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. But others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such signs? And there was division among them.
17They say therefore unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, in that he opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.
18The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight,
19and asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? How then doth he now see?
20His parents answered and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
21but how he now seeth, we know not; or who opened his eyes, we know not: ask him; he is of age; he shall speak for himself.
22These things said his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man should confess him [to be] Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And they asked them, saying, is this your son, etc.] The first question they put was, whether the man that stood before them, pointing to him, was their son or not; whether they knew him by any marks to be their son, and would own him as such: had they answered to this in the negative, they would have got an advantage against him, and would have convicted him of a lie, since he had given out that he was the son of such parents; and proving such a lie upon him, would at once have brought the whole affair into suspicion at least: they add, who ye say was born blind; this contains a second question, whether, if this was their son, he was born blind or not; and if he was not born blind, though…”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Is this your son? ... - The Pharisees proposed three questions to the parents, by which they hoped to convict the man of falsehood: Whether he was their son? Whether they would affirm that he was born blind? and, Whether they knew by what means he now saw? They evidently intended to intimidate the parents, so that they might give an answer to one of these questions that would convict the man of deception. We see here the art to which men will resort rather than admit the truth. Had they been half as much disposed to believe on Jesus as they were to disbelieve, there would have been no difficulty in the case. And so with all men: were they as much inclined to embrace the truth as they are to…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Is this: Joh 9:8, Joh 9:9; Act 3:10, Act 4:14 John 9:22”
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