Study it in the app“His 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.”
His parentsοἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦsaidεἶπανthese thingsταῦταbecauseὅτιthey were afraidἐφοβοῦντοof the Jews;τοὺς Ἰουδαίουςforγὰρthe Jewsοἱ Ἰουδαῖοιhad alreadyἤδηagreedσυνετέθειντοthatἵναifἐάνanyoneτιςconfessedὁμολογήσῃhimαὐτὸνto beMessiah,χριστόνhe would beγένηταιput out of the synagogue.ἀποσυνάγωγος
parent
Parents (father and mother).
Where else “goneis” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipan” appearsbe afraid
To be afraid: "do not fear".
Where else “ephobounto” appearsJew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaious” appearsalready
Already, by now.
Where else “ēdē” appearsagree
Come to terms with others.
Where else “synetetheinto” appearsconfess
To state openly what one believes, as that Christ is Lord.
Where else “homologēsēi” appearsMessiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “christon” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “genētai” appearsexpelled from synagogue
Put out of the synagogue; cut off from the people's religious community.
Where else “aposynagōgos” appearsTo be put out of the synagogue meant being cut off from the religious and social life of the people.
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.”
22 · This verse (above)
23For this reason his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”
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?
