Study it in the app“So some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them.”
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Pharisee
Pharisee: a member of a Jewish group that kept the law of Moses and the traditions of its teachers strictly.
Where else “Pharisaiōn” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “elegon” appearsperson
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpos” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appearskeep
To obey what is commanded.
Where else “tērei” appearsSabbath
The seventh day, a rest for God.
Where else “sabbaton” appearsother, another
Other, another.
Where else “alloi” appearscan, be able
Can, be able.
Where else “dynatai” appearssinner
Sinner; in the Pharisees' mouth, someone who did not keep the law.
Where else “hamartōlos” appearspractice
To put into practice, like God's will.
Where else “poiein” appearssuch
Such, of this kind.
Where else “toiauta” appearssign
A miracle that shows God's power.
Where else “sēmeia” appearsdivision
Opposing groups within a people.
Where else “schisma” appears15So the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”
16 · This verse (above)
17So they say to the blind man again, “What do you say about him, since he opened your eyes?” And he said, “He is a prophet.”
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?
