Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

John 9:41

There are 2 footnotes for this reference.

Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 9, page 100, footnote 3 (Image)

Gospel of Peter, Diatessaron, Apocalypses, Visio Pauli, Testament of Abraham, Acts of X/P, Zosimus, Aristides, Clement, Origen

The Diatessaron of Tatian. (HTML)

The Diatessaron. (HTML)

Section XXXVII. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 2517 (In-Text, Margin)

[1] And Jesus said, To judge the world am I come, so that they that see not may [2] see, and they that see may become blind. And some of the Pharisees which were [3] with him heard that, and they said unto him, Can it be that we are blind?[John 9:41] Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should not have sin: but now ye say, We see: and because of this your sin remaineth.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 8, page 527, footnote 6 (Image)

Augustine: Expositions on the Psalms

Expositions on the Book of Psalms. (HTML)

Psalm CVI (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 4825 (In-Text, Margin)

... copies read “sweetness;” as in the former passage, “For He is gracious;” where others read, “for He is sweet.” And it is the same word in the Greek, as is elsewhere read, “The Lord shall show sweetness:” which some have translated “felicity,” others “bounty.” But what meaneth, “Visit us to see the felicity of Thy chosen:” that is, that happiness which Thou givest to Thine elect: except that we may not remain blind, as those unto whom it is said, “But now ye say we see: therefore your sin remaineth.”[John 9:41] For the Lord giveth sight to the blind, not by their own merits, but in the felicity He giveth to His chosen, which is the meaning of “the felicity of Thy chosen:” as, the help of my countenance, is not of myself, but is my God. And we speak of our ...