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John 9:32

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Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.
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  1. Isaiah 64:4Rank 1 from verse 32
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    4For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

  2. Job 20:4Rank 2 from verse 32
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    4Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

  3. Luke 1:70Rank 3 from verse 32
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    70As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:

  4. Revelation 16:18Rank 4 from verse 32
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    18And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.

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John 9:32

COMBINED MEANING

began

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Past-tense or past-participial form of begin (to have an original or first existence; to take rise; to commence).

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heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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opened

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of open, meaning to uncover, reveal, or explain.

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eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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blind

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Sense 1: Unable to see with the eyes, or unable or unwilling to perceive, understand, or judge. Sense 2: A person or persons unable to see, as in ‘the blind’. Sense 3: To make unable to see or judge, or to obscure or hinder sight or judgment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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31Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

32Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.

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33If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.

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