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John 9:2

NETBible	His disciples asked him,¹ “Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man² or his parents?”³
NIV © biblegateway Joh 9:2	His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
NASB © biblegateway Joh 9:2	And His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?"
NLT © biblegateway Joh 9:2	"Teacher," his disciples asked him, "why was this man born blind? Was it a result of his own sins or those of his parents?"
MSG © biblegateway Joh 9:2	His disciples asked, "Rabbi, who sinned: this man or his parents, causing him to be born blind?"
BBE © SABDAweb Joh 9:2	And his disciples put a question to him, saying, Master, was it because of this man’s sin, or the sin of his father and mother, that he has been blind from birth?
NRSV © bibleoremus Joh 9:2	His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
NKJV © biblegateway Joh 9:2	And His disciples asked Him, saying, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
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KJV	And <2532> his <846> disciples <3101> asked <2065> (5656) him <846>_, saying <3004> (5723)_, Master <4461>_, who <5101> did sin <264> (5627)_, this man <3778>_, or <2228> his <846> parents <1118>_, that <2443> he was born <1080> (5686) blind <5185>_?
NASB © biblegateway Joh 9:2	And His disciples <3101> asked <2065> Him, "Rabbi <4461> , who <5101> sinned <264> , this <3778> man <3778> or <2228> his parents <1118> , that he would be born <1080> blind <5185> ?"
NET [draft] ITL	His <846> disciples <3101> asked <2065> him <846> , “Rabbi <4461> , who <5101> committed the sin <264> that <2443> caused him to be born <1080> blind <5185> , this man <3778> or <2228> his <846> parents <1118> ?”
GREEK	kai <2532> CONJ hrwthsan <2065> (5656) V-AAI-3P auton <846> P-ASM oi <3588> T-NPM mayhtai <3101> N-NPM autou <846> P-GSM legontev <3004> (5723) V-PAP-NPM rabbi <4461> HEB tiv <5101> I-NSM hmarten <264> (5627) V-2AAI-3S outov <3778> D-NSM h <2228> PRT oi <3588> T-NPM goneiv <1118> N-NPM autou <846> P-GSM ina <2443> CONJ tuflov <5185> A-NSM gennhyh <1080> (5686) V-APS-3S

NETBible

His disciples asked him,¹ “Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man² or his parents?”³

NET Notes

¹tn Grk “asked him, saying.”

²tn Grk “this one.”

³tn Grk “in order that he should be born blind.”

³sn The disciples assumed that sin (regardless of who committed it) was the cause of the man’s blindness. This was a common belief in Judaism; the rabbis used Ezek 18:20 to prove there was no death without sin, and Ps 89:33 to prove there was no punishment without guilt (the Babylonian Talmud, b. Shabbat 55a, although later than the NT, illustrates this). Thus in this case the sin must have been on the part of the man’s parents, or during his own prenatal existence. Song Rabbah 1:41 (another later rabbinic work) stated that when a pregnant woman worshiped in a heathen temple the unborn child also committed idolatry. This is only one example of how, in rabbinic Jewish thought, an unborn child was capable of sinning.