John 9:1–3
Jesus rejects the idea that the blind man suffers for a particular sin
Study it word by word1And as he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.
2And his disciples asked him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3Jesus answered, “Neither this man sinned nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be revealed in him.
In its context
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4We must carry out the works of the one who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
Its words in the original
- παράγωνparagōn· pass by
Pass, pass by.
- εἶδενeiden· see
See, look; notice.
- ἄνθρωπονanthrōpon· human being, man
Human being, person, man (without distinguishing male or female).
- τυφλὸνtyphlon· blind
Blind.
- γενετῆςgenetēs· birth
Birth; "blind from birth", someone born blind.
- ἠρώτησανērōtēsan· ask
Ask a question; also request, ask for.
- μαθηταὶmathētai· disciple
Disciple: someone who learns from a teacher and follows him in order to live as he does.
- λέγοντεςlegontes· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- ῬαββίRhabbi· Rabbi
Rabbi: a Hebrew word that means "my teacher".
- ἥμαρτενhēmarten· sin
Sin: fail God, do what he forbids.
- γονεῖςgoneis· parent
Parents (father and mother).
- γεννηθῇgennēthēi· beget, be born
Beget, become the father of; said of a mother, give birth; in the passive, be born. In family lists it also covers grandchildren and later descendants.
- ἀπεκρίθηapekrithē· answer
Answer, reply; speak up.
- ἸησοῦςIēsous· Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
- ΟὔτεOute· neither, nor
Neither, nor.
- φανερωθῇphanerōthēi· reveal, make known
Reveal, show, make known.
- ἔργαerga· work
Work, deed, what someone does.
- θεοῦtheou· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".