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Soοὖνfor a second timeἐκ δευτέρουthey calledἘφώνησανthe manτὸν ἄνθρωπονwhoὃςhad beenἦνblind,τυφλὸςandκαὶsaidεἶπανto him,αὐτῷ“GiveΔὸςgloryδόξανto God;τῷ θεῷweἡμεῖςknowοἴδαμενthatὅτιthisοὗτοςmanὁ ἄνθρωποςisἐστινa sinner.”ἁμαρτωλός
John 9:24
Study it in the app“So 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.””
With the Greek beneath
John 9:24, word by word
- for a second timeδευτέρουdeuterou
second
Second.
Where else “deuterou” appears- they calledἘφώνησανEphōnēsan
call
To call someone, or shout.
Where else “Ephōnēsan” appears- the manἄνθρωπονanthrōpon
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpon” appears- had beenἦνēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēn” appears- blindτυφλὸςtyphlos
blind
Someone who cannot see.
Where else “typhlos” appears- saidεἶπανeipan
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipan” appears- “GiveΔὸςDos
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “Dos” appears- gloryδόξανdoxan
glory
The greatness and splendor of God.
Where else “doxan” appears- to Godθεῷtheōi
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theōi” appears- knowοἴδαμενoidamen
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidamen” appears- a sinnerἁμαρτωλόςhamartōlos
sinner
Sinner; in the Pharisees' mouth, someone who did not keep the law.
Where else “hamartōlos” appears
Translation note
“Give glory to God” was a formula for demanding that someone tell the truth (Joshua 7:19).
The context
23For this reason his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”
24 · This verse (above)
25So he answered, “Whether he is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see.”
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?