John 9:39

“And Jesus said, for judgment I am come into this world, etc.] 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 seems contrary to what Christ elsewhere says, (<430317>John 3:17 12:47). Nor is the sense of the words that Christ came by the judgment of God, or the order of divine providence, or to administer justice in the government of the world, in a providential way, or to distinguish his own people from others, though all these are true; but either to fulfil…”

“Jesus said--perhaps at the same time, but after a crowd, including some of the skeptical and scornful rulers, had, on seeing Jesus talking with the healed youth, hastened to the spot. that they which see not might see, &c.--rising to that sight of which the natural vision communicated to the youth was but the symbol. (See on Joh 9:5, and compare Luk 4:18). that they which see might be made blind--judicially incapable of apprehending and receiving the truth, to which they have wilfully shut their eyes.”

“For judgment - The word “judgment,” here, has been by some understood in the sense of condemnation - “The effect of my coming is to condemn the world. But this meaning does not agree with those places where Jesus says that he came not to condemn the world, John 3:17; John 12:47; John 5:45. To judge is to express an opinion in a judicial manner, and also to express any sentiment about any person or thing, John 7:24; John 5:30; Luke 8:43. The meaning here may be thus expressed: “I came to declare the condition of men; to show them their duty and danger. My coming will have this effect, that some will be reformed and saved, and some more deeply condemned.” That they ... - The Saviour does not…”

“For judgment am I come into the world - That is, the consequence of my coming will be, that by the just judgment of God, while the blind in body and soul receive their sight, they who boast they see, will be given up to still greater blindness than before. John 9:41”

“For: Joh 3:17, Joh 5:22-27, Joh 8:15; Jer 1:9, Jer 1:10; Luk 2:34, Luk 13:30; Co2 2:16 that they: Joh 9:25, Joh 9:36-38, Joh 8:12, Joh 12:46; Mat 11:5; Luk 1:79, Luk 4:18, Luk 7:21; Act 26:18; Co2 4:4-6; Eph 5:14; Pe1 2:9 might be: Joh 3:19, Joh 12:40, Joh 12:41; Isa 6:9, Isa 29:10, Isa 42:18-20, Isa 44:18; Mat 6:23, Mat 13:13-15; Luk 11:34, Luk 11:35; Rom 11:7-10; Th2 2:10; Jo1 2:11 John 9:40”