Yohan (John) 9:1–12 — A blind man obeys and then can see

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Yhn 9:1–12

9:1 A blind man obeys and then can see

9 As Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth 2 and his followers asked him, “Honoured teacher, why was this man born blind? Was it because he himself sinned, or his parents?”

3 Yeshua answered, “It wasn’t either this man or his parents that sinned.[fn] But so that God can work in him for others to see, 4 as long as it’s daytime, we need to do what the one who sent us wants, but when nighttime comes, no one will be able to work. 5 As long as I’m here in this world, I am the light of the world.”[ref]

6 After he’d said this, Yeshua spat on the ground and after mixing some clay into a slurry, he spread it on the eyes of the man 7 and told him to go and wash in the Siloam Pool.[fn]

8 Then the neighbours of the man and others who had seen him earlier, knowing that he was a beggar asked, “Isn’t he the one who always sat and begged here?”

9 And indeed, some were saying, “Yes, this is him.” But others were saying, “No, but he looks quite similar.”

And the man said, “I am him.”

10 So they asked him, “Well, how come that now you can see?”

11 “A man named Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) made a slurry,” he said, “and spread it on my eyes and told me to go and wash at Siloam Pool. So I went and did it, and when I washed my eyes, I could see.”

12 “Where is he now?” they asked.

“I don’t know,” said the man.

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9 And passing _by, he _saw a_man blind from birth.

2 And the apprentices/followers of _him asked him saying:
My _great_one, who sinned, this man or the parents of _him, in _order _that he _may _be _born blind?

3 Yaʸsous answered:
Neither this man sinned, nor the parents of _him.
[fn] But in _order _that the works of_ the _god may _be _revealed in him,

4 It _is _fitting us to _be _working the works of _the one having _sent me, until it _is day, night is _coming, when no _one is _able to _be _working.

5 Whenever I _may _be in the world, I _am the_light of _the world.

6 Having _said these things, he _spat on _the _ground and made clay of the spittle, and he _spread _on the clay of _him to his eyes.

7 And he _said to _him:
Be _going, wash in the pool of_ the _Silōam (which is _being _translated:
Having _been _sent _out).
Therefore he _went _away and washed, and came seeing.

8 Therefore the neighbours and the ones observing him the earlier, that he _was a_beggar, were _saying:
Is this not the one sitting and begging?

9 Others were _saying, that This he _is, others were _saying:
No, but he _is similar to _him.
That one was _saying, that I am he.

10 Therefore they _were _saying to _him:
How were_ the eyes of _you _opened _up?

11 That one answered, Man which being _called Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) made clay, and spread _on the eyes of _me, and said to _me, that Be _going to the Silōam and wash.
Having _gone _away therefore and having _washed, I _received _sight.

12 And they _said to _him:
Where is that one?
He _is _saying:
I _have_ not _known.

9:3 Traditionally, most translations have placed a comma here (which is also a good possibility—remember that the original Greek manuscripts contain no punctuation), but this interpretation is equally valid and perhaps gives a more acceptable interpretation.

9:3 We just want to alert our readers here that we have divided the Greek sentences here in a way that’s different from the long-standing tradition. (The Greek originals have no punctuation, so either way is valid.)

9:7 Siloam means ‘to be sent out’.

9:5: Mat 5:14; Yhn 8:12.

OET-RV by cross-referenced section YHN 9:1

A blind man obeys and then can see

Yhn 9:1–12

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