36He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?
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How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi,(which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 35-38)In these verses we may observe, I. The tender care which our Lord Jesus took of this poor man (John 9:35): When Jesus heard that they had cast him out (for it is likely the town rang of it, and everybody cried out shame upon them for it), then he found him , which implies his seeking him and looking after him, that he might encourage and comfort him, 1. Because he had, to the best of his knowledge…
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