John 9
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A Man Born Blind Receives Sight
1Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. 2And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, #Luke 13:2; John 9:34; Acts 28:4who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, #John 11:4but that the works of God should be revealed in him. 4#(John 4:34; 5:19, 36; 17:4)I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is #John 11:9, 10; 12:35; Gal. 6:10day; the night is coming when no one can work. 5As long as I am in the world, #(John 1:5, 9; 3:19; 8:12; 12:35, 46)I am the light of the world.”
6When He had said these things, #Mark 7:33; 8:23He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. 7And He said to him, “Go, wash #Neh. 3:15; Is. 8:6; Luke 13:4; John 9:11in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So #2 Kin. 5:14he went and washed, and came back seeing.
8Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind said, “Is not this he who sat and begged?”
9Some said, “This is he.” Others said, “He is like him.”
He said, “I am he.”
10Therefore they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?”
11He answered and said, #John 9:6, 7“A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received sight.”
12Then they said to him, “Where is He?”
He said, “I do not know.”
The Pharisees Excommunicate the Healed Man
13They brought him who formerly was blind to the Pharisees. 14Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. 15Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He said to them, “He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”
16Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.”
Others said, #John 3:2; 9:33“How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And #John 7:12, 43; 10:19there was a division among them.
17They said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him because He opened your eyes?”
He said, #(John 4:19; 6:14)“He is a prophet.”
18But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight. 19And they asked them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”
20His parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; 21but by what means he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. He is of age; ask him. He will speak for himself.” 22His parents said these things because #John 7:13; 12:42; 19:38; Acts 5:13they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he #John 16:2would be put out of the synagogue. 23Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”
24So they again called the man who was blind, and said to him, #Josh. 7:19; 1 Sam. 6:5; Ezra 10:11; Rev. 11:13“Give God the glory! #John 9:16We know that this Man is a sinner.”
25He answered and said, “Whether He is a sinner or not I do not know. One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see.”
26Then they said to him again, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”
27He answered them, “I told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”
28Then they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples. 29We know that God #Ex. 19:19, 20; 33:11; 34:29; Num. 12:6–8spoke to #(John 5:45–47)Moses; as for this fellow, #John 7:27, 28; 8:14we do not know where He is from.”
30The man answered and said to them, #John 3:10“Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He has opened my eyes! 31Now we know that #Job 27:9; 35:12; Ps. 18:41; Prov. 1:28; 15:29; 28:9; Is. 1:15; Jer. 11:11; 14:12; Ezek. 8:18; Mic. 3:4; Zech. 7:13; (James 5:16)God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him. 32Since the world began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind. 33#John 3:2; 9:16If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing.”
34They answered and said to him, #Ps. 51:5; John 9:2“You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?” And they cast him out.
True Vision and True Blindness
35Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had #John 5:14found him, He said to him, “Do you #John 1:7; 16:31believe in #Matt. 14:33; 16:16; Mark 1:1; John 10:36; 1 John 5:13the Son of God?”
36He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?”
37And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and #John 4:26it is He who is talking with you.”
38Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he #Matt. 8:2worshiped Him.
39And Jesus said, #(John 3:17; 5:22, 27; 12:47)“For judgment I have come into this world, #Matt. 13:13; 15:14that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”
40Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, #(Rom. 2:19)and said to Him, “Are we blind also?”
41Jesus said to them, #John 15:22, 24“If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.
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John 9
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1And passing by, he saw a man blind from birth,
2and his disciples asked him, saying, ‘Rabbi, who did sin, this one or his parents, that he should be born blind?’
3Jesus answered, ‘Neither did this one sin nor his parents, but that the works of God may be manifested in him;
4it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: —
5when I am in the world, I am a light of the world.’
6These things saying, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and rubbed the clay on the eyes of the blind man, and said to him,
7‘Go away, wash at the pool of Siloam,’ which is, interpreted, Sent. He went away, therefore, and did wash, and came seeing;
8the neighbours, therefore, and those seeing him before, that he was blind, said, ‘Is not this he who is sitting and begging?’
9others said — ‘This is he;’ and others — ‘He is like to him;’ he himself said, — ‘I am [he].’
10They said, therefore, to him, ‘How were thine eyes opened?’
11he answered and said, ‘A man called Jesus made clay, and rubbed my eyes, and said to me, Go away to the pool of Siloam, and wash; and having gone away and having washed, I received sight;’
12they said, therefore, to him, ‘Where is that one?’ he saith, ‘I have not known.’
13They bring him to the Pharisees who once [was] blind,
14and it was a sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
15Again, therefore, the Pharisees also were asking him how he received sight, and he said to them, ‘Clay he did put upon my eyes, and I did wash — and I see.’
16Of the Pharisees, therefore, certain said, ‘This man is not from God, because the sabbath he doth not keep;’ others said, ‘How is a man — a sinful one — able to do such signs?’ and there was a division among them.
17They said to the blind man again, ‘Thou — what dost thou say of him — that he opened thine eyes?’
18and he said — ‘He is a prophet.’ The Jews, therefore, did not believe concerning him that he was blind and did receive sight, till that they called the parents of him who received sight,
19and they asked them, saying, ‘Is your son, of whom ye say that he was born blind? how then now doth he see?’
20His parents answered them and said, ‘We have known that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
21and how he now seeth, we have not known; or who opened his eyes, we have not known; himself is of age, ask him; he himself shall speak concerning himself.’
22These things said his parents, because they were afraid of the Jews, for already had the Jews agreed together, that if any one may confess him — Christ, he may be put out of the synagogue;
23because of this his parents said — ‘He is of age, ask him.’
24They called, therefore, a second time the man who was blind, and they said to him, ‘Give glory to God, we have known that this man is a sinner;’
25he answered, therefore, and said, ‘If he be a sinner — I have not known, one thing I have known, that, being blind, now I see.’
26And they said to him again, ‘What did he to thee? how did he open thine eyes?’
27He answered them, ‘I told you already, and ye did not hear; why again do ye wish to hear? do ye also wish to become his disciples?’
28They reviled him, therefore, and said, ‘Thou art his disciple, and we are Moses' disciples;
29we have known that God hath spoken to Moses, but this one — we have not known whence he is.’
30The man answered and said to them, ‘Why, in this is a wonderful thing, that ye have not known whence he is, and he opened my eyes!
31and we have known that God doth not hear sinners, but, if any one may be a worshipper of God, and may do His will, him He doth hear;
32from the age it was not heard, that any one did open eyes of one who hath been born blind;
33if this one were not from God, he were not able to do anything.’
34They answered and said to him, ‘In sins thou wast born altogether, and thou dost teach us!’ and they cast him forth without.
35Jesus heard that they cast him forth without, and having found him, he said to him, ‘Dost thou believe in the Son of God?’
36he answered and said, ‘Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?’
37And Jesus said to him, ‘Thou hast both seen him, and he who is speaking with thee is he;’
38and he said, ‘I believe, sir,’ and bowed before him.
39And Jesus said, ‘For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.’
40And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, ‘Are we also blind?’
41Jesus said to them, ‘If ye were blind, ye were not having had sin, but now ye say — We see, therefore doth your sin remain.
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