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John 9:
Apparently, some Jews believed that was possible. Rebekah was pregnant with twins in Genesis 25:
They thought Psalm 51 confirmed this belief, NIV:
What were Jesus' disciples thinking? How was it possible that M1 could have sinned before being born?2 his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man [M1] or his parents, that he was born blind?”
Apparently, some Jews believed that was possible. Rebekah was pregnant with twins in Genesis 25:
Some rabbis in Jesus' time interpreted that unborn babies were capable of sinning.22 The children struggled together within her, and she said, “If it is thus, why is this happening to me?”
They thought Psalm 51 confirmed this belief, NIV:
NIV Psalm 58:5 Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
After Jesus healed M1. The Pharisees questioned M1. In the end, John 9:3 Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
The Pharisees believed that M1 sinned before birth, and that's why he was born blind; Jesus' disciples might have believed that as well.34 To this they replied, “You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!” And they threw him out.