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Ifεἰthis manοὗτοςwereἦνnotμὴfromπαρὰGod,θεοῦhe couldἠδύνατοdoποιεῖνnothing.”οὐκ οὐδέν
John 9:33
Study it in the app“If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.””
With the Greek beneath
John 9:33, word by word
- wereἦνēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēn” appears- Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- he couldἠδύνατοēdynato
can, be able
Can, be able.
Where else “ēdynato” appears- doποιεῖνpoiein
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiein” appears
The context
32Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind.
33 · This verse (above)
34They answered and said to him, “You were born entirely in sins, and you are teaching us?” And they threw him out.
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?