SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:41
Les dijo Jess: Si fuerais ciegos, no tuvierais pecado; mas ahora porque decís: Vemos, por tanto vuestro pecado permanece.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - John 9:41
Verse 41. If ye were blind] If ye had not had sufficient opportunities to have acquainted yourselves with my Divine nature, by the unparalleled miracles which I have wrought before you? and the holy doctrine which I have preached, then your rejecting me could not be imputed to you as sin; but because ye say, we see-we are perfectly capable of judging between a true and false prophet, and can from the Scriptures point out the Messiah by his works-on this account you are guilty, and your sin is of no common nature, it remaineth, i.e. it shall not be expiated: as ye have rejected the Lord from being your deliverer, so the Lord has rejected you from being his people. When the Scripture speaks of sin remaining, it is always put in opposition to pardon; for pardon is termed the taking away of sin, chap. i. 29; Psalm xxxii. 5. And this is the proper import of the phrase, afesiv twn amartiwv, which occurs so frequently in the sacred writings. 1. THE history of the man who was born blind and cured by our Lord is, in every point of view, instructive. His simplicity, his courage, his constancy, and his gratitude are all so many subjects worthy of attention and emulation. He certainly confessed the truth at the most imminent risk of his life; and therefore, as Stephen was the first martyr for Christianity, this man was the first confessor. The power and influence of TRuth, in supporting its friends and confounding its adversaries, are well exemplified in him; and not less so, that providence of God by which he was preserved from the malice of these bad men. The whole story is related with inimitable simplicity, and cannot be read by the most cold- hearted without extorting the exclamation, How forcible are right words? 2. It has already been remarked that, since the world began, there is no evidence that any man born blind was ever restored to sight by surgical means, till the days of Mr. Cheselden, who was a celebrated surgeon at St. Thomas's Hospital, London. For though, even before the Christian aera, there is reason to believe that both the Greek and Roman physicians performed operations to remove blindness occasioned by the cataract, yet we know of none of these ever attempted on the eyes of those who had been born blind, much less of any such persons being restored to sight.
The cure before us must have been wholly miraculous-no appropriate means were used to effect it. What was done had rather a tendency to prevent and destroy sight than to help or restore it. The blindness in question was probably occasioned by a morbid structure of the organs of sight; and our Lord, by his sovereign power, instantaneously restored them to perfect soundness, without the intervention of any healing process. In this case there could be neither deception nor collusion.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 41. Jesus said unto them, if ye were blind , etc.] And sensible of it, and knew yourselves to be blind, and were desirous of light and knowledge, ye would have no sin : or your sin would not be so aggravated; it would not be imputed to you; it would be pardoned and taken away from you: for the sense cannot be, that their blindness would not have been criminal, or they should have no sin in them, or any done by them; only, that had this been barely their case, there would have been some hope of them, that their sin might be forgiven, and put away, and be no more; (see 1 Timothy 1:13); but now ye say we see ; they thought themselves to be wise and knowing, and stood in no need of any illumination from him, but were obstinate and hardened in their infidelity, and wilfully opposed and shut their eyes against all the light and evidence of truth: therefore your sin remaineth ; untaken away, yea, immoveable, or unpardonable; the guilt of it abode upon them; nor was there any hope of its being removed from them; owning that they saw, and yet believed not: sinning wilfully against light and knowledge in rejecting Jesus, as the Messiah, they sinned the sin against the Holy Ghost, which is never forgiven. And so the Ethiopic version renders it, your error shall not be forgiven you; (see Matthew 12:32).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 39-41 - Christ came into the world to give sight to those who were spirituall blind. Also, that those who see might be made blind; that those wh have a high conceit of their own wisdom, might be sealed up in ignorance. The preaching of the cross was thought to be folly by suc as by carnal wisdom knew not God. Nothing fortifies men's corrup hearts against the convictions of the word, more than the high opinio which others have of them; as if all that gained applause with men must obtain acceptance with God. Christ silenced them. But the sin of the self-conceited and self-confident remains; they reject the gospe of grace, therefore the guilt of their sin remains unpardoned, and the power of their sin remains unbroken __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
ειπεν 2036 5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτοις 846 P-DPM ο 3588 T-NSM ιησους 2424 N-NSM ει 1487 COND τυφλοι 5185 A-NPM ητε 2258 5713 V-IXI-2P ουκ 3756 PRT-N αν 302 PRT ειχετε 2192 5707 V-IAI-2P αμαρτιαν 266 N-ASF νυν 3568 ADV δε 1161 CONJ λεγετε 3004 5719 V-PAI-2P οτι 3754 CONJ βλεπομεν 991 5719 V-PAI-1P η 3588 T-NSF ουν 3767 CONJ αμαρτια 266 N-NSF υμων 5216 P-2GP μενει 3306 5719 V-PAI-3S
Vincent's NT Word Studies
41. Ye should have no sin (ouk an eicete amartian). Or, ye would have had. The phrase aJmartian ecein, to have sin, occurs only in John, in the Gospel and First Epistle.
