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andκαὶsaidεἶπενto him,αὐτῷ“Go,Ὕπαγεwashνίψαιinεἰςthe poolτὴν κολυμβήθρανof Siloam”τοῦ Σιλωάμ(whichὃmeansἑρμηνεύεταιSent).ἈπεσταλμένοςSoοὖνhe went awayἀπῆλθενandκαὶwashedἐνίψατοandκαὶcame backἦλθενseeing.βλέπων
John 9:7
Study it in the app“and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went away and washed and came back seeing.”
He gives sight to a man born blind and corrects a mistaken question about guiltWho Jesus Is
With the Greek beneath
John 9:7, word by word
- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- “GoὝπαγεHypage
go away
Go away, leave; "go!".
Where else “Hypage” appears- washνίψαιnipsai
wash
Wash (the hands, the feet, the face).
Where else “nipsai” appears- the poolκολυμβήθρανkolymbēthran
pool
Pool; a large basin of water one can go into.
Where else “kolymbēthran” appears- of SiloamΣιλωάμSilōam
Siloam
Siloam: a pool and district in the south of Jerusalem.
Where else “Silōam” appears- meansἑρμηνεύεταιhermēneuetai
translate
Translate, interpret.
Where else “hermēneuetai” appears- Sent)ἈπεσταλμένοςApestalmenos
send
To send someone somewhere on an errand, on behalf of the sender.
Where else “Apestalmenos” appears- he went awayἀπῆλθενapēlthen
go away
To leave where one is for another place, leaving something or someone behind.
Where else “apēlthen” appears- came backἦλθενēlthen
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “ēlthen” appears- seeingβλέπωνblepōn
see
To use the eyes to perceive something; also to look with intent.
Where else “blepōn” appears
The context
6Having said these things, he spat on the ground and made mud from the saliva, and he spread the mud on his eyes,
7 · This verse (above)
8So the neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, “Is not this the one who used to sit and beg?”
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?