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Andκαὶhis disciplesοἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦaskedἠρώτησανhim,αὐτὸνsaying,λέγοντες“Rabbi,Ῥαββίwhoτίςsinned,ἥμαρτενthis manοὗτοςorἢhis parents,οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦthatἵναhe was bornγεννηθῇblind?”τυφλὸς
John 9:2
Study it in the app“And his disciples asked him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?””
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 9:2, word by word
- his disciplesμαθηταὶmathētai
disciple
A follower of Jesus.
Where else “mathētai” appears- askedἠρώτησανērōtēsan
ask
To want to know something and turn to another so they tell it.
Where else “ērōtēsan” appears- sayingλέγοντεςlegontes
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legontes” appears- “RabbiῬαββίRhabbi
Rabbi
Rabbi: a Hebrew word that means "my teacher".
Where else “Rhabbi” appears- sinnedἥμαρτενhēmarten
sin
Sin: fail God, do what he forbids.
Where else “hēmarten” appears- his parentsγονεῖςgoneis
parent
Parents (father and mother).
Where else “goneis” appears- he was bornγεννηθῇgennēthēi
be born
To give birth, or come into the world.
Where else “gennēthēi” appears- blindτυφλὸςtyphlos
blind
Someone who cannot see.
Where else “typhlos” appears
The context
1And as he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.
2 · This verse (above)
3Jesus answered, “Neither this man sinned nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be revealed in him.
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?