John 9:2 meaning and explanation
and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
John 9:2, Berean Standard Bible
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The disciples ask this as Jesus and his followers pass a man blind from birth. Their question assumes a common belief that suffering is direct punishment for specific sin, so they wonder whether the man sinned before birth or his parents did.
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