John 9:40
New International Version
Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What? Are we blind too?”

New Living Translation
Some Pharisees who were standing nearby heard him and asked, “Are you saying we’re blind?”

English Standard Version
Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?”

Berean Standard Bible
Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”

Berean Literal Bible
Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things, and they said to Him, "Are we also blind?"

King James Bible
And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?

New King James Version
Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him, “Are we blind also?”

New American Standard Bible
Those who were with Him from the Pharisees heard these things and said to Him, “We are not blind too, are we?”

NASB 1995
Those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “We are not blind too, are we?”

NASB 1977
Those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things, and said to Him, “We are not blind too, are we?”

Legacy Standard Bible
Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “Are we blind too?”

Amplified Bible
Some Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “Are we also blind?”

Christian Standard Bible
Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things and asked him, “We aren’t blind too, are we? ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and asked Him, “We aren’t blind too, are we?”

American Standard Version
Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said unto him, Are we also blind?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And those of the Pharisees who had been with him heard these things and they said to him, “Are we also blind?”

Contemporary English Version
When the Pharisees heard Jesus say this, they asked, "Are we blind?"

Douay-Rheims Bible
And some of the Pharisees, who were with him, heard: and they said unto him: Are we also blind?

English Revised Version
Those of the Pharisees which were with him heard these things, and said unto him, Are we also blind?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Some Pharisees who were with Jesus heard this. So they asked him, "Do you think we're blind?"

Good News Translation
Some Pharisees who were there with him heard him say this and asked him, "Surely you don't mean that we are blind, too?"

International Standard Version
Some of the Pharisees who were near him overheard this and asked him, "We aren't blind, too, are we?"

Literal Standard Version
And those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things, and they said to Him, “Are we also blind?”

Majority Standard Bible
Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”

New American Bible
Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and said to him, “Surely we are not also blind, are we?”

NET Bible
Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked him, "We are not blind too, are we?"

New Revised Standard Version
Some of the Pharisees near him heard this and said to him, “Surely we are not blind, are we?”

New Heart English Bible
Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?"

Webster's Bible Translation
And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these words, and said to him, Are we blind also?

Weymouth New Testament
These words were heard by those of the Pharisees who were present, and they asked Him, "Are *we* also blind?"

World English Bible
Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?”

Young's Literal Translation
And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, 'Are we also blind?'

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Context
Spiritual Blindness
39Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.” 40Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?” 41“If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”…

Cross References
Romans 2:19
if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,

John 9:41
"If you were blind," Jesus replied, "you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains."


Treasury of Scripture

And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said to him, Are we blind also?

Are.

John 9:34
They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

John 7:47-52
Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? …

Matthew 15:12-14
Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? …

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(40) And some of the Pharisees which were with him.--The words in the preceding verse are not addressed specially to any one. The Pharisees would be still watching our Lord, and some had probably followed the beggar, expecting that our Lord would seek him, and hoping that the interview might furnish some ground for a fresh charge against one or both of them. It is the presence of mental conditions such as theirs and such as his that has brought again to our Lord's thoughts the judicial result of His manifestation, and this rises to His lips as an utterance of the solemn thought that fills His mind. The Pharisees hear this exclamation, and apply to themselves that which their own state suggested; but which was expressed as, and is, a wide law, holding true for all mankind.

Are we blind also?--They misunderstand His words, for He has asserted of the blind ("they which see not") that the result of His coming is "that they might see." But yet they do not understand the words in a physical sense, in which they could have had no application to themselves. Care is required to catch the force of the term in these three verses, and it may be well to distinguish again the meanings attached to the word blind. It is used (1) for physical blindness. This has been its meaning throughout the chapter. It suggests the imagery in these verses, but is not itself present in the thought which is of spiritual, blindness only. (2) For conscious spiritual blindness ("they which see not," "they which think they see not"), which is really the first step to spiritual sight. (3) For unconscious spiritual blindness ("they which see," "they which think they see"), which is really the first step to a total loss of spiritual perception.

Verse 40. - Those of the Pharisees who were with him. This expression does not simply mean who were near him at that moment, but who were to a certain extent siding with him (John 8:30, 31), while criticizing and rejecting his message; who were incensed with him for promising to them "freedom" and sonship, and whose faith in his claims was of the most superficial and vacillating kind. These wavering, self-satisfied Pharisees heard these things, and they said to him, Are we blind also? Many commentators, who call attention to the contrast between the τυφλοί and μή βλέποντες of ver. 39, think that the speakers who made use of this word did not draw the distinction, and meant nothing more than their use μὴ βλέποντες by of τυφλοί. But this is unsatisfactory; whatever it 'means in the one clause, it ought to mean in the other. There is a difference between "becoming blind," and being "the blind." They ask whether they are blind also, i.e. as blind as those who have, according to Christ's own dictum, become so. They seem to admit that some who have the power of sight have been blinded by the very light that shines upon them, but they are in doubt with reference to their own case.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[Some] of
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

the
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Pharisees
Φαρισαίων (Pharisaiōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 5330: Of Hebrew origin; a separatist, i.e. Exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary.

who
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

were
ὄντες (ontes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

with
μετ’ (met’)
Preposition
Strong's 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

Him
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

heard
ἤκουσαν (Ēkousan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

this,
ταῦτα (tauta)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

they asked
εἶπον (eipon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

Him,
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“Are
ἐσμεν (esmen)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

we
ἡμεῖς (hēmeis)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

blind
τυφλοί (typhloi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5185: Blind, physically or mentally. From, tuphoo; opaque, i.e. blind.

too?”
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.


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