John 9:8-41 ▼

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.

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

11 He answered, “The man they call Jesus (YHWH saves) 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.

12 “Where is He? they asked. “I do not know, he answered.

13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.

14 Now the day on which Jesus (YHWH saves) had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.

15 So the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. The man answered, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.

16 Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God {Theou}, for He does not keep the Sabbath. But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs? And there was division among them.

17 So once again they asked the man who had been blind, “What do you say about Him, since it was your eyes He opened? “He is a prophet, the man replied.

18 The Jews (people of praise) still did not believe (have faith) that the man had been blind and had received his sight until they summoned his parents

19 and asked, “Is this your⁺ son, the one you⁺ say was born blind? So how is it that he can now see?

20 His parents answered, “We know he is our son, and we know he was born blind.

21 But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.

22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews (people of praise). For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ (the Anointed One) would be put out of the synagogue.

23 That was why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.

24 So a second time they called for the man who had been blind and said, “Give glory {doxan} to God {Theō}! We know that this man is a sinner.

25 He answered, “Whether He is a sinner I do not know. There is one thing I do know: I was blind, but now I see!

26 “What did He do to you? they asked. “How did He open your eyes?

27 He replied, “I already told you⁺, and you⁺ did not listen. Why do you⁺ want to hear it again? Do you⁺ also want to become His disciples (pupils)?

28 Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple (pupil); we are disciples (pupils) of Moses (drawn out).

29 We know that God {Theos} spoke to Moses (drawn out), but we do not know where this man is from.

30 “That is remarkable indeed! the man said. “You⁺ do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.

31 We know that God {Theos} does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.

32 Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.

33 If this man were not from God {Theou}, He could do no such thing.

34 They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing {didaskeis} us? And they threw him out.

35 When Jesus (YHWH saves) heard that they had thrown him out, He found the man and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man [the Son of God]

36 “Who is He, Sir {Kyrie}? he replied. “Tell me so that I may believe in Him.

37 “You have already seen Him, Jesus (YHWH saves) answered. “He is the One speaking with you.

38 “Lord {Kyrie}, I believe, he said. And he worshiped Jesus.

39 Then Jesus (YHWH saves) declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”

40 Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?

41 “If you⁺ were blind, Jesus (YHWH saves) replied, “you⁺ would not be guilty of sin. But since you⁺ claim you can see, your⁺ guilt remains.