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WhileὅτανI amὦinἐνthe world,τῷ κόσμῳI amεἰμιthe lightφῶςof the world.”τοῦ κόσμου
John 9:5
Study it in the app“While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.””
He gives sight to a man born blind and corrects a mistaken question about guiltWho Jesus Is
With the Greek beneath
John 9:5, word by word
- Whileὅτανhotan
when, whenever
When, whenever.
Where else “hotan” appears- I amὦō
be present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “ō” appears- the worldκόσμῳkosmōi
world of people
People everywhere, whom God loves.
Where else “kosmōi” appears- the lightφῶςphōs
God's light
God's light that shows the truth.
Where else “phōs” appears
The context
4We must carry out the works of the one who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
5 · This verse (above)
6Having said these things, he spat on the ground and made mud from the saliva, and he spread the mud on his eyes,
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?