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Having saidεἰπὼνthese things,ταῦταhe spatἔπτυσενon the groundχαμαὶandκαὶmadeἐποίησενmudπηλὸνfromἐκthe saliva,τοῦ πτύσματοςandκαὶhe spreadἐπέχρισενthe mudτὸν πηλὸνonἐπὶhisαὐτοῦeyes,τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς
John 9:6
Study it in the app“Having said these things, he spat on the ground and made mud from the saliva, and he spread the mud on his eyes,”
He gives sight to a man born blind and corrects a mistaken question about guiltWho Jesus Is
With the Greek beneath
John 9:6, word by word
- Having saidεἰπὼνeipōn
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipōn” appears- he spatἔπτυσενeptysen
spit
Spit.
Where else “eptysen” appears- on the groundχαμαὶchamai
to the ground
On the ground, to the ground.
Where else “chamai” appears- madeἐποίησενepoiēsen
make
To bring something into being: to make or create it.
Where else “epoiēsen” appears- mudπηλὸνpēlon
mud
Mud, clay; wet earth.
Where else “pēlon” appears- the salivaπτύσματοςptysmatos
saliva
Saliva, spittle.
Where else “ptysmatos” appears- he spreadἐπέχρισενepechrisen
smear
Smear, spread something over a surface.
Where else “epechrisen” appears- eyesὀφθαλμούςophthalmous
eye
The organ of sight, in the face.
Where else “ophthalmous” appears
The context
5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6 · This verse (above)
7and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went away and washed and came back seeing.
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?