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Weἡμᾶςmustδεῖcarry outἐργάζεσθαιthe worksτὰ ἔργαof the one whoτοῦsentπέμψαντόςmeμεwhileἕωςit isἐστίνday;ἡμέραnightνὺξis coming,ἔρχεταιwhenὅτεno oneοὐδεὶςcanδύναταιwork.ἐργάζεσθαι
John 9:4
Study it in the app“We must carry out the works of the one who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.”
He gives sight to a man born blind and corrects a mistaken question about guiltWho Jesus Is
With the Greek beneath
John 9:4, word by word
- mustδεῖdei
must
Something that has to be done.
Where else “dei” appears- carry outἐργάζεσθαιergazesthai
do
To accomplish something, good or bad.
Where else “ergazesthai” appears- the worksἔργαerga
deed
What someone does, their conduct.
Where else “erga” appears- sentπέμψαντόςpempsantos
send
To make someone go to another place with a task.
Where else “pempsantos” appears- it isἐστίνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- dayἡμέραhēmera
daylight
Daytime, when it is light, not night.
Where else “hēmera” appears- nightνὺξnyx
night
Night. "By night".
Where else “nyx” appears- is comingἔρχεταιerchetai
arrive
For a time or event to come: "the hour is coming".
Where else “erchetai” appears- canδύναταιdynatai
can, be able
Can, be able.
Where else “dynatai” appears
The context
3Jesus answered, “Neither this man sinned nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be revealed in him.
4 · This verse (above)
5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
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?