...latter times. For instance, when the disciples espied a man that was born blind, they asked, " Saying, Master, who did sin ? this man or his parents ? that he was born blind." John ix. 2. See the note on the passage, $ 78. 1 § 3.' The Pharisees distinguished themselves very much by their...

...and others Jeremías, or one of the prophets." Again it is said," His disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was born blind"}" John ix. 2. Some0 think, that Joscphus's words above mentioned are altogether inconsistent with the notion of a...

...6. And Vaisravana the holy.] Vaisravana is another name of Kuvera, the god of wealth. P. 247, 1. 26. In some former life committed.} The soul, in its transmigration,...parents, that he was born blind ?" JOHN, ix. 2. P. 248, 1. 23. — in their curious gamesome play.] Kutuhalal , rendered by Bopp 'cum voluptate,' means,...

...seemed all appalled.] Swerga, heaven, Martya or Bhumi, the earth, and Patala, hell. P. 247, 1. 26. In some former life committed.] The soul, in its transmigration,...our Saviour : " Master, who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was horn blind ?" JOHN, ix. 2. P. 248, 1. 23. — in their curious gamesome play.~\...

...believed, in the time of the Saviour, even by his disciples. " And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? (John, ix. 1—3.) Now this gross error of his disciples, that •we are punished with bodily disease in this...

...Lord were infected with this error, as they showed by their question with regard to the blind man, " Master, who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was born blind ?" (John, ix. 2.) This question supposes a state of pre-existence — that it was possible for a man to sin before he...

...quotations. Hence, in the account of the blind man restored to sight by Jesus, we have the question: "Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?" John ix. This shows plainly that the people thought the man might have been sent into a blind body as a punishment...

...quotations. Hence, in the account of the blind man restored to sight by Jesus, we have the question: "Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? " John ix. This shows plainly that the people thought the man might have been sent into a blind body as a punishment...

...en passant, that while it seems to be referred to in the question put by the disciples to Jesus, " Master, who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?' ( John ix. 2), it is inferentially refuted by the apostle Paul, when he affirms, concerning Jacob and Esau, "For the...

...upon it, by not reproving or contradicting the assumption of his disciples, when they asked him — " Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind ?" (John ix. 2.) He says not one word against the supposition that the man's blindness was a punishment for sin, either...