Study it in the app“He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud and spread it on my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received my sight.””
Heἐκεῖνοςanswered,ἀπεκρίθη“The manὉ ἄνθρωποςcalledὁ λεγόμενοςJesusἸησοῦςmadeἐποίησενmudπηλὸνandκαὶspread it onἐπέχρισένmy eyesμου τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺςandκαὶsaidεἶπένto me,μοι‘GoὝπαγεtoεἰςSiloamτὸν Σιλωὰμandκαὶwash.’νίψαιSoοὖνI wentἀπελθὼνandκαὶwashed,νιψάμενοςand I received my sight.”ἀνέβλεψα
answer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apekrithē” appearsperson
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpos” appearscall
To call someone by a name.
Where else “legomenos” appearsJesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appearsmake
To bring something into being: to make or create it.
Where else “epoiēsen” appearsmud
Mud, clay; wet earth.
Where else “pēlon” appearssmear
Smear, spread something over a surface.
Where else “epechrisen” appearseye
The organ of sight, in the face.
Where else “ophthalmous” appearsgo away
Go away, leave; "go!".
Where else “Hypage” appearsSiloam
Siloam: a pool and district in the south of Jerusalem.
Where else “Silōam” appearswash
Wash (the hands, the feet, the face).
Where else “nipsai” appearsgo away
To leave where one is for another place, leaving something or someone behind.
Where else “apelthōn” appearssee again
To see again, a blind man who sees.
Where else “aneblepsa” appears10So they were saying to him, “How were your eyes opened?”
11 · This verse (above)
12And they said to him, “Where is he?” He says, “I do not know.”
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?
