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John Gill's Exposition on John 9:13

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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They brought to the Pharisees, etc.] That is, to the sanhedrim, which chiefly consisted of Pharisees; and so Nonnus calls them the priests and chief priests: him that was aforetime blind; to be examined by them. And something like this is the method used by carnal relations and friends, who when they have any belonging to them under a work of grace, have them to their learned doctors of a different religion, to talk to them, and dissuade them from the ways of truth and godliness.
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