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Soοὖνthe neighborsοἱ γείτονεςandκαὶthose whoοἱhad seenθεωροῦντεςhimαὐτὸνbeforeτὸ πρότερονas a beggarὅτι προσαίτης ἦνwere saying,ἔλεγον“Is notΟὐχthisοὗτόςthe one whoἐστιν ὁused to sitκαθήμενοςandκαὶbeg?”προσαιτῶν
John 9:8
Study it in the app“So 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?””
With the Greek beneath
John 9:8, word by word
- the neighborsγείτονεςgeitones
neighbor
Neighbor.
Where else “geitones” appears- had seenθεωροῦντεςtheōrountes
watch
To observe something closely.
Where else “theōrountes” appears- beforeπρότερονproteron
before, former
Before, earlier; the former.
Where else “proteron” appears- as a beggarἦνēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēn” appears- were sayingἔλεγονelegon
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “elegon” appears- used to sitκαθήμενοςkathēmenos
sit
To be seated somewhere, or riding on an animal.
Where else “kathēmenos” appears- begπροσαιτῶνprosaitōn
beg
Beg, ask for alms.
Where else “prosaitōn” appears
The context
7and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went away and washed and came back seeing.
8 · This verse (above)
9Others were saying, “It is he”; others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the one.”
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?