The Meaning of John 9:32 Explained

John 9:32

KJV: Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.

YLT: from the age it was not heard, that any one did open eyes of one who hath been born blind;

Darby: Since time was, it has not been heard that any one opened the eyes of one born blind.

ASV: Since the world began it was never heard that any one opened the eyes of a man born blind.

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What is the context of John 9:32?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.

What does John 9:32 Mean?

Context Summary

John 9:26-34 - Willful Blindness

"What a contrast between the opening and the closing of this chapter! The blind sees! The beggar is enriched! The outcast on the Temple steps is a worshiper in the temple of the spirit! And how vast a contrast to the deterioration at work in the hearts of these professedly religious men! From the mouth of a babe in the divine life God can elicit strength to quell the enemy and the avenger. "O God, our God, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!"

The man's judges cast in his teeth the life-long deprivation from which he had suffered, as a conclusive evidence of his sins. This was the common Jewish interpretation of such a calamity, John 9:2. Our Lord, however, taught that suffering is permitted to befall for wise and good reasons, which are compatible with the character of God, and it provides a platform on which the grace and power of God may manifest themselves, each new phase of evil leading to a fresh manifestation of the power and love of God. How often He seems to say, when we are perplexed with the world's sin and sorrow, "These things are not unto death, but to manifest the works of God!" Look not at the pain, but at its results! See what humility and patience God gives; wait to see the harvest of these sowings! [source]

Chapter Summary: John 9

¹ The man born blind is restored to sight
⁸ He is brought to the Pharisees
¹³ They are offended at it;
³⁵ but he is received of Jesus, and confesses him
³⁹ Who they are whom Jesus enlightens

Greek Commentary for John 9:32

Since the world began [εκ του αιωνος]
Literally, “from the age,” “from of old.” Elsewhere in the N.T. we have απο του αιωνος apo tou aiōnos or απ αιωνος ap 'aiōnos (Luke 1:70; Acts 3:21; Acts 15:18) as is common in the lxx. Of a man born blind Perfect passive participle of γενναω gennaō This is the chief point and the man will not let it be overlooked, almost rubs it in, in fact. It was congenital blindness. [source]

Since the world began [ἐκ τοῦ αἰῶνος]
The exact phrase only here in the New Testament. Ἁπ ' is found in Acts 3:21; Acts 15:18; ἀπὸ τῶν αἰώνων in Colossians 1:26. [source]

Reverse Greek Commentary Search for John 9:32

1 John 2:17 Forever [εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα]
The only form in which αἰῶν agelife, occurs in the Gospel and Epistles of John, except ἐκ τοῦ αἰῶνος sincethe world began (John 9:32). Some old versions add, “as God abideth forever.” [source]

What do the individual words in John 9:32 mean?

Out of the age never it has been heard that opened anyone [the] eyes of [one] blind having been born

ἐκ τοῦ αἰῶνος οὐκ ἠκούσθη ὅτι ἠνέῳξέν τις ὀφθαλμοὺς τυφλοῦ γεγεννημένου

ἐκ	Out of
Parse: Preposition Root: ἐκ Sense: out of, from, by, away from.
αἰῶνος	age
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: αἰών Sense: for ever, an unbroken age, perpetuity of time, eternity.
οὐκ	never
Parse: Adverb Root: οὐ Sense: no, not; in direct questions expecting an affirmative answer.
ἠκούσθη	it has been heard
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Passive, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἀκουστός Sense: to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf.
ὅτι	that
Parse: Conjunction Root: ὅτι Sense: that, because, since.
ἠνέῳξέν	opened
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἀνοίγω Sense: to open.
τις	anyone
Parse: Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: τὶς Sense: a certain, a certain one.
ὀφθαλμοὺς	[the] eyes
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Plural Root: ὀφθαλμός Sense: the eye.
τυφλοῦ	of [one] blind
Parse: Adjective, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: τυφλός Sense: blind.
γεγεννημένου	having been born
Parse: Verb, Perfect Participle Middle or Passive, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: γεννάω Sense: of men who fathered children.

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