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Soοὖνhis parentsοἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦansweredἀπεκρίθησανandκαὶsaid,εἶπαν“We knowΟἴδαμενthatὅτιthisοὗτόςisἐστινour sonὁ υἱὸς ἡμῶνandκαὶthatὅτιhe was bornἐγεννήθηblind;τυφλὸς
John 9:20
Study it in the app“So his parents answered and said, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind;”
With the Greek beneath
John 9:20, word by word
- his parentsγονεῖςgoneis
parent
Parents (father and mother).
Where else “goneis” appears- answeredἀπεκρίθησανapekrithēsan
answer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apekrithēsan” appears- saidεἶπανeipan
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipan” appears- “We knowΟἴδαμενOidamen
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “Oidamen” appears- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- our sonυἱὸςhuios
son
A son.
Where else “huios” appears- he was bornἐγεννήθηegennēthē
be born
To give birth, or come into the world.
Where else “egennēthē” appears- blindτυφλὸςtyphlos
blind
Someone who cannot see.
Where else “typhlos” appears
The context
19and asked them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he see now?”
20 · This verse (above)
21but how he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. Ask him; he is of age; he will speak for himself.”
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?