John 9:7
5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6 When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.
8 At this, his neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging began to ask, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”
9 Some claimed that he was, but others said, “No, he just looks like him.” But the man kept saying, “I am the one.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.
- KJV
- And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
- WEB
- and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.
- ASV
- and said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is by interpretation, Sent). He went away therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
- DARBY
- And he said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, which is interpreted, Sent. He went therefore and washed, and came seeing.
- BLB
- And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). Therefore he went away and washed and came [back] seeing.
- ÅB
- og han sa til ham: Gå og vask deg i dammen Siloa, det er utlagt: utsendt. Han gikk da bort og vasket seg, og kom tilbake seende.
- OTB
- Han sa til ham: «Gå, vask deg i Siloam-dammen» (dette ordet betyr «Sendt»). Så mannen gikk og vasket seg, og kom tilbake seende.
- B1930
- og han sa til ham: Gå og vask dig i dammen Siloa, det er utlagt: utsendt. Han gikk da bort og vasket sig, og kom tilbake seende.
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Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 35:5
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Read in contextJohn 9:11
He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.”
Read in contextJohn 11:37
But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
Read in contextIsaiah 8:6
“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
Read in contextActs 26:18
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
Read in contextPsalms 146:8
the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
Read in contextNehemiah 3:15
The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.
Read in contextExodus 4:11
And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
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