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For this reasonδιὰ τοῦτοhis parentsοἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦsaid,εἶπαν“He isἔχειof age;Ἡλικίανaskἐπερωτήσατεhim.”αὐτὸν
John 9:23
Study it in the app“For this reason his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.””
With the Greek beneath
John 9:23, word by word
- his parentsγονεῖςgoneis
parent
Parents (father and mother).
Where else “goneis” appears- saidεἶπανeipan
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipan” 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- askἐπερωτήσατεeperōtēsate
ask
Ask, question.
Where else “eperōtēsate” appears
The context
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.
23 · This verse (above)
24So for a second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, “Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner.”
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?