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They answeredἀπεκρίθησανandκαὶsaidεἶπανto him,αὐτῷ“Youσὺwere bornἐγεννήθηςentirelyὅλοςinἘνsins,ἁμαρτίαιςandκαὶyouσὺare teachingδιδάσκειςus?”ἡμᾶςAndκαὶthey threwἐξέβαλονhimαὐτὸνout.ἔξω
John 9:34
Study it in the app“They answered and said to him, “You were born entirely in sins, and you are teaching us?” And they threw him out.”
With the Greek beneath
John 9:34, word by word
- They answeredἀπεκρίθησανapekrithēsan
answer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apekrithēsan” appears- saidεἶπανeipan
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipan” appears- were bornἐγεννήθηςegennēthēs
be born
To give birth, or come into the world.
Where else “egennēthēs” appears- entirelyὅλοςholos
whole, all
Whole, entire, all.
Where else “holos” appears- sinsἁμαρτίαιςhamartiais
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartiais” appears- are teachingδιδάσκειςdidaskeis
teach
Teach.
Where else “didaskeis” appears- they threwἐξέβαλονexebalon
drive out
To expel someone, like demons.
Where else “exebalon” appears- outἔξωexō
outside
Points to the space on the other side of a door, a wall or a group.
Where else “exō” appears
Translation note
Probably they put him out of the synagogue, as they had agreed (9:22).
The context
33If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
34 · This verse (above)
35Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
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?