Cross references

John 9:39

Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”

John 9:39 BSB
  1. a Literally so that those not seeing may see and those seeing may become blind. Some manuscripts do not include 38 “Lord, I believe.”... 39 Then Jesus declared.

John 9:39 has 31 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 3:19 (16 votes) and John 12:46 (12 votes). 35 other verses point back to it. It links with 21 other books, from 2 Kings 6 to 1 John 2.

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Which verses does John 9:39 point to?

The 20 strongest of 31, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. John 3:1916 votes

    And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.

  2. John 12:4612 votes

    I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.

  3. Acts 26:1812 votes

    to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

  4. John 8:128 votes

    Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

  5. Luke 4:186 votes

    “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

  6. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

  7. “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.” Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.

  8. Luke 1:794 votes

    to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

  9. This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’ In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. …

  10. Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son, so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. …

  11. Isaiah 6:92 votes
  12. The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

  13. Luke 2:342 votes
  14. Luke 7:212 votes

Which verses point to John 9:39?

The 10 strongest of 35.