John 9:33
If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
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- John 9:16 : 16 Then some of the Pharisees began to say,“This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath.” But others said,“How can a man who is a sinner perform such miraculous signs?” Thus there was a division among them.
- John 3:2 : 2 came to Jesus at night and said to him,“Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him.”
- Acts 5:38-39 : 38 So in this case I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this undertaking originates with people, it will come to nothing, 39 but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found fighting against God.” He convinced them,
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- John 9:29-324 verses80%
29 We know that God has spoken to Moses! We do not know where this man comes from!”
30 The man replied,“This is a remarkable thing, that you don’t know where he comes from, and yet he caused me to see!
31 We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him.
32 Never before has anyone heard of someone causing a man born blind to see.
- John 9:1-33 verses78%
1 Healing a Man Born Blind Now as Jesus was passing by, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.
2 His disciples asked him,“Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?”
3 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.
- John 9:34-363 verses76%
34 They replied,“You were born completely in sinfulness, and yet you presume to teach us?” So they threw him out.
35 The Man’s Response to Jesus Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, so he found the man and said to him,“Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
36 The man replied,“And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?”
- John 9:10-1910 verses75%
10 So they asked him,“How then were you made to see?”
11 He replied,“The man called Jesus made mud, smeared it on my eyes and told me,‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and was able to see.”
12 They said to him,“Where is that man?” He replied,“I don’t know.”
13 The Pharisees’ Reaction to the Healing They brought the man who used to be blind to the Pharisees.
14 (Now the day on which Jesus made the mud and caused him to see was a Sabbath.)
15 So the Pharisees asked him again how he had gained his sight. He replied,“He put mud on my eyes and I washed, and now I am able to see.”
16 Then some of the Pharisees began to say,“This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath.” But others said,“How can a man who is a sinner perform such miraculous signs?” Thus there was a division among them.
17 So again they asked the man who used to be blind,“What do you say about him, since he caused you to see?”“He is a prophet,” the man replied.
18 Now the Jewish religious leaders refused to believe that he had really been blind and had gained his sight until at last they summoned the parents of the man who had become able to see.
19 They asked the parents,“Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?”
- John 9:23-264 verses75%
23 For this reason his parents said,“He is a mature adult, ask him.”)
24 Then they summoned the man who used to be blind a second time and said to him,“Promise before God to tell the truth. We know that this man is a sinner.”
25 He replied,“I do not know whether he is a sinner. I do know one thing– that although I was blind, now I can see.”
26 Then they said to him,“What did he do to you? How did he cause you to see?”
- John 9:39-413 verses74%
39 Jesus said,]“For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind.”
40 Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked him,“We are not blind too, are we?”
41 Jesus replied,“If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin, but now because you claim that you can see, your guilt remains.
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9 if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man– by what means this man was healed–
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21 But we do not know how he is now able to see, nor do we know who caused him to see. Ask him, he is a mature adult. He will speak for himself.”
- John 3:2-32 verses72%
2 came to Jesus at night and said to him,“Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him.”
3 Jesus replied,“I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
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37 But some of them said,“This is the man who caused the blind man to see! Couldn’t he have done something to keep Lazarus from dying?”
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8 Then the neighbors and the people who had seen him previously as a beggar began saying,“Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?”
- Acts 5:38-392 verses72%
38 So in this case I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this undertaking originates with people, it will come to nothing,
39 but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found fighting against God.” He convinced them,
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8 When the crowd saw this, they were afraid and honored God who had given such authority to men.
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19 So Jesus answered them,“I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise.
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6 Having said this, he spat on the ground and made some mud with the saliva. He smeared the mud on the blind man’s eyes
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14 And because they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against this.
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47 The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, because you don’t belong to God.”
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33 The Jewish leaders replied,“We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are claiming to be God.”
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39 But Jesus said,“Do not stop him, because no one who does a miracle in my name will be able soon afterward to say anything bad about me.
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27 John replied,“No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.
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37 If I do not perform the deeds of my Father, do not believe me.
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21 Others said,“These are not the words of someone possessed by a demon. A demon cannot cause the blind to see, can it?”
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3 Then some of the experts in the law said to themselves,“This man is blaspheming!”
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24 If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father.
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43 Then they were all astonished at the mighty power of God.Another Prediction of Jesus’ Suffering But while the entire crowd was amazed at everything Jesus was doing, he said to his disciples,
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7 “Why does this man speak this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
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35 If those people to whom the word of God came were called‘gods’(and the scripture cannot be broken),