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John 9:1
Study it in the app“And as he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.”
He gives sight to a man born blind and corrects a mistaken question about guiltWho Jesus IsJesus rejects the idea that the blind man suffers for a particular sinSuffering and Trials
With the Greek beneath
John 9:1, word by word
- as he passed byπαράγωνparagōn
pass by
To go along near someone or something, without stopping.
Where else “paragōn” appears- he sawεἶδενeiden
see
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “eiden” appears- a manἄνθρωπονanthrōpon
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpon” appears- blindτυφλὸνtyphlon
blind
Someone who cannot see.
Where else “typhlon” appears- birthγενετῆςgenetēs
birth
Birth; "blind from birth", someone born blind.
Where else “genetēs” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And his disciples asked him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
To study John 9 in a group
1. What it says
What does Jesus do to heal the man born blind, and what does he tell him to do? How does the man answer the Pharisees? (vv. 6-7, 24-34)
2. What it means
The disciples asked who had sinned, and Jesus answered something else (vv. 2-3). What does he want to show through this healing? (vv. 3-5, 39)
3. How I live it
The man said, “One thing I know: though I was blind, now I see” (v. 25). What can you say simply about what God has done in you?