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butδὲhowπῶςhe nowνῦνseesβλέπειwe do notοὐκknow,οἴδαμενorἢwhoτίςopenedἤνοιξενhis eyesαὐτοῦ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺςweἡμεῖςdo notοὐκknow.οἴδαμενAskἐρωτήσατεhim;αὐτὸνhe isἔχειof age;ἡλικίανheαὐτὸςwill speakλαλήσειforπερὶhimself.”ἑαυτοῦ
John 9:21
Study it in the app“but 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.””
With the Greek beneath
John 9:21, word by word
- seesβλέπειblepei
see
To use the eyes to perceive something; also to look with intent.
Where else “blepei” appears- knowοἴδαμενoidamen
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidamen” appears- openedἤνοιξενēnoixen
open
Open.
Where else “ēnoixen” appears- his eyesὀφθαλμοὺςophthalmous
eye
The organ of sight, in the face.
Where else “ophthalmous” appears- Askἐρωτήσατεerōtēsate
ask
To want to know something and turn to another so they tell it.
Where else “erōtēsate” appears- he isἔχειechei
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echei” appears- of ageἡλικίανhēlikian
age
Years lived; "he is grown": an adult.
Where else “hēlikian” appears- will speakλαλήσειlalēsei
speak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “lalēsei” appears
The context
20So his parents answered and said, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind;
21 · This verse (above)
22His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed him to be Messiah, he would be put out of the synagogue.
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?