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John 9:8

6 When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.

7 Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.

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.”

10 “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.

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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
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?”
KJV
The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
WEB
Therefore the neighbors and those who saw that he was blind before said, “Isn’t this he who sat and begged?”
ASV
The neighbors therefore, and they that saw him aforetime, that he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
DARBY
The neighbours therefore, and those who used to see him before, that he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that was sitting and begging?
BLB
Therefore the neighbors and those seeing him before, that he was a beggar, were saying, “Is this not the one sitting and begging?”
ÅB
Grannene og de som før hadde sett ham sitte og tigge, sa da: Er det ikke han som satt og tigget?
OTB
Hans naboer og de som tidligere hadde sett ham tigge spurte: «Er ikke dette den samme mannen som pleide å sitte og tigge?»
B1930
Grannene og de som før hadde sett ham sitte og tigge, sa da: Er det ikke han som satt og tigget?

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 2:8

    He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.

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  • Luke 18:35

    As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging.

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  • 1 Samuel 21:11

    But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”

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  • Acts 3:2–11

    And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.

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  • Luke 16:20–22

    And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores

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  • Mark 10:46

    Next, they came to Jericho. And as Jesus and His disciples were leaving Jericho with a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting beside the road.

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  • Ruth 1:19

    So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole city was stirred because of them, and the women of the city exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”

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