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The manὁ ἄνθρωποςansweredἀπεκρίθηandκαὶsaidεἶπενto them,αὐτοῖς“Why,γὰρthisἘν τούτῳisἐστινan amazing thing,τὸ θαυμαστόνthatὅτιyouὑμεῖςdo notοὐκknowοἴδατεwhereπόθενhe is from,ἐστίνandκαὶyethe openedἤνοιξένmy eyes!μου τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς
John 9:30
Study it in the app“The man answered and said to them, “Why, this is an amazing thing, that you do not know where he is from, and yet he opened my eyes!”
With the Greek beneath
John 9:30, word by word
- The manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpos” appears- answeredἀπεκρίθηapekrithē
answer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apekrithē” appears- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- an amazing thingθαυμαστόνthaumaston
marvelous
Marvelous, astonishing.
Where else “thaumaston” appears- knowοἴδατεoidate
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidate” appears- whereπόθενpothen
from where?
From where? where from?
Where else “pothen” appears- he openedἤνοιξένēnoixen
open
Open.
Where else “ēnoixen” appears- my eyesὀφθαλμούςophthalmous
eye
The organ of sight, in the face.
Where else “ophthalmous” appears
The context
29We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he is from.”
30 · This verse (above)
31We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, he listens to him.
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?