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Learn about the sources and coverage →As Jesus passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from birth.
And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
Καὶ παράγων εἶδεν ἄνθρωπον τυφλὸν ἐκ γενετῆς.
Kai paragōn eiden anthrōpon typhlon ek genetēs.
His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, whose sin caused this man to be born blind—his own sin or his parents’ sin?”
And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
Καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ λέγοντες, Ῥαββί, τίς ἥμαρτεν, οὗτος ἢ οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ, ἵνα τυφλὸς γεννηθῇ;
Kai ērōtēsan auton hoi mathētai autou legontes, Rhabbi, tis hēmarten, houtos ē hoi goneis autou, hina typhlos gennēthē?
Jesus answered, “Neither this man’s sin nor his parents’ sin caused his blindness. This happened so that the works of God could be revealed in him.
Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
Ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς, Οὔτε οὗτος ἥμαρτεν οὔτε οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ∙ ἀλλ’ ἵνα φανερωθῇ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ.
Apekrithē Iēsous, Oute houtos hēmarten oute hoi goneis autou; all’ hina phanerōthē ta erga tou theou en autō.
I must do the works of the One who sent Me while it is still day. Night is coming when no one can work.
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
Ἐμὲ δεῖ ἐργάζεσθαι τὰ ἔργα τοῦ πέμψαντός με ἕως ἡμέρα ἐστίν∙ ἔρχεται νύξ, ὅτε οὐδεὶς δύναται ἐργάζεσθαι.
Eme dei ergazesthai ta erga tou pempsantos me heōs hēmera estin; erchetai nyx, hote oudeis dynatai ergazesthai.
While I am in the world, I AM the Light of the world.”
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
Ὅταν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ὦ, φῶς εἰμι τοῦ κόσμου.
Hotan en tō kosmō ō, phōs eimi tou kosmou.
After saying this, Jesus spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread it over the man’s eyes.
When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
Ταῦτα εἰπών, ἔπτυσεν χαμαί, καὶ ἐποίησεν πηλὸν ἐκ τοῦ πτύσματος, καὶ ἐπέχρισεν τὸν πηλὸν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τοῦ τυφλοῦ,
Tauta eipōn, eptysen chamai, kai epoiēsen pēlon ek tou ptysmatos, kai epechrisen ton pēlon epi tous ophthalmous tou typhlou,
Then He told him, “Go wash in the pool of Siloam”—which means “Sent.”
The man went, washed, and came back able to see.
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.
καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Ὕπαγε νίψαι εἰς τὴν κολυμβήθραν τοῦ Σιλωάμ—ὃ ἑρμηνεύεται, Ἀπεσταλμένος. Ἀπῆλθεν οὖν καὶ ἐνίψατο, καὶ ἦλθεν βλέπων.
kai eipen autō, Hypage nipsai eis tēn kolymbēthran tou Silōam—ho hermēneuetai, Apestalmenos. Apēlthen oun kai enipsato, kai ēlthen blepōn.
His neighbors and those who had previously seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit here and beg?”
¶ The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
Οἱ οὖν γείτονες καὶ οἱ θεωροῦντες αὐτὸν τὸ πρότερον ὅτι τυφλὸς ἦν, ἔλεγον, Οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ καθήμενος καὶ προσαιτῶν;
Hoi oun geitones kai hoi theōrountes auton to proteron hoti typhlos ēn, elegon, Ouch houtos estin ho kathēmenos kai prosaitōn?
Some said, “Yes, that’s him.”
Others said, “No, he only looks like him.”
But the man kept saying, “I am the man.”
Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.
Ἄλλοι ἔλεγον ὅτι Οὗτός ἐστιν∙ ἄλλοι δὲ ὅτι Ὅμοιος αὐτῷ ἐστιν. Ἐκεῖνος ἔλεγεν ὅτι Ἐγώ εἰμι.
Alloi elegon hoti Houtos estin; alloi de hoti Homoios autō estin. Ekeinos elegen hoti Egō eimi.
So they asked him, “Then how were your eyes opened?”
Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?
Ἔλεγον οὖν αὐτῷ, Πῶς ἀνεῴχθησάν σου οἱ ὀφθαλμοί;
Elegon oun autō, Pōs aneōchthēsan sou hoi ophthalmoi?
He answered, “The Man called Jesus made some mud, put it on my eyes, and told me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and then I could see.”
He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.
Ἀπεκρίθη ἐκεῖνος καὶ εἶπεν, Ἄνθρωπος λεγόμενος Ἰησοῦς πηλὸν ἐποίησεν, καὶ ἐπέχρισέν μου τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς, καὶ εἶπέν μοι, Ὕπαγε εἰς τὴν κολυμβήθραν τοῦ Σιλωάμ, καὶ νίψαι. Ἀπελθὼν δὲ καὶ νιψάμενος, ἀνέβλεψα.
Apekrithē ekeinos kai eipen, Anthrōpos legomenos Iēsous pēlon epoiēsen, kai epechrisen mou tous ophthalmous, kai eipen moi, Hypage eis tēn kolymbēthran tou Silōam, kai nipsai. Apelthōn de kai nipsamenos, aneblepsa.
They asked, “Where is He?”
The man answered, “I don’t know.”
Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.
Εἶπον οὖν αὐτῷ, Ποῦ ἐστιν ἐκεῖνος; Λέγει, Οὐκ οἶδα.
Eipon oun autō, Pou estin ekeinos? Legei, Ouk oida.
They brought the man who had once been blind to the Pharisees.
¶ They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.
Ἄγουσιν αὐτὸν πρὸς τοὺς Φαρισαίους, τόν ποτε τυφλόν.
Agousin auton pros tous Pharisaious, ton pote typhlon.
The day Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.
And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
Ἦν δὲ σάββατον ὅτε τὸν πηλὸν ἐποίησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, καὶ ἀνέῳξεν αὐτοῦ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς.
Ēn de sabbaton hote ton pēlon epoiēsen ho Iēsous, kai aneōxen autou tous ophthalmous.
The Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight.
He told them, “He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and now I can see.”
Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.
Πάλιν οὖν ἠρώτων αὐτὸν καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι, πῶς ἀνέβλεψεν. Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Πηλὸν ἐπέθηκέν μου ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς, καὶ ἐνιψάμην, καὶ βλέπω.
Palin oun ērōtōn auton kai hoi Pharisaioi, pōs aneblepsen. Ho de eipen autois, Pēlon epethēken mou epi tous ophthalmous, kai enipsamēn, kai blepō.
Some of the Pharisees said, “This Man cannot be from God because He does not keep the Sabbath according to our rules.”
Others said, “But how could a sinful man perform miraculous signs like these?”
So they were divided.
Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
Ἔλεγον οὖν ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων τινές, Οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὐκ ἔστιν παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὅτι τὸ σάββατον οὐ τηρεῖ. Ἄλλοι ἔλεγον, Πῶς δύναται ἄνθρωπος ἁμαρτωλὸς τοιαῦτα σημεῖα ποιεῖν; Καὶ σχίσμα ἦν ἐν αὐτοῖς.
Elegon oun ek tōn Pharisaiōn tines, Houtos ho anthrōpos ouk estin para tou theou, hoti to sabbaton ou tērei. Alloi elegon, Pōs dynatai anthrōpos hamartōlos toiauta sēmeia poiein? Kai schisma ēn en autois.
They asked the blind man again, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?”
He answered, “He is a prophet.”
They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
Λέγουσιν τῷ τυφλῷ πάλιν, Σὺ τί λέγεις περὶ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἤνοιξέν σου τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς; Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν ὅτι Προφήτης ἐστίν.
Legousin tō typhlō palin, Sy ti legeis peri autou, hoti ēnoixen sou tous ophthalmous? Ho de eipen hoti Prophētēs estin.
The Jewish leaders still refused to believe that the man had actually been blind and had received his sight until they called his parents.
But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.
Οὐκ ἐπίστευσαν οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι περὶ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι τυφλὸς ἦν καὶ ἀνέβλεψεν, ἕως ὅτου ἐφώνησαν τοὺς γονεῖς αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἀναβλέψαντος,
Ouk episteusan oun hoi Ioudaioi peri autou, hoti typhlos ēn kai aneblepsen, heōs hotou ephōnēsan tous goneis autou tou anablepsantos,
They asked them, “Is this your son—the one you say was born blind? How is it that he can see now?”
And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?
καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτοὺς λέγοντες, Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς ὑμῶν, ὃν ὑμεῖς λέγετε ὅτι τυφλὸς ἐγεννήθη; Πῶς οὖν ἄρτι βλέπει;
kai ērōtēsan autous legontes, Houtos estin ho huios hymōn, hon hymeis legete hoti typhlos egennēthē? Pōs oun arti blepei?
His parents answered, “We know this is our son, and we know he was born blind.
His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
Ἀπεκρίθησαν δὲ αὐτοῖς οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπον, Οἴδαμεν ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ ὅτι τυφλὸς ἐγεννήθη∙
Apekrithēsan de autois hoi goneis autou kai eipon, Oidamen hoti houtos estin ho huios hēmōn, kai hoti typhlos egennēthē;
But we do not know how he can see now or who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is old enough to answer for himself.”
But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
πῶς δὲ νῦν βλέπει, οὐκ οἴδαμεν∙ ἢ τίς ἤνοιξεν αὐτοῦ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς, ἡμεῖς οὐκ οἴδαμεν∙ αὐτὸς ἡλικίαν ἔχει∙ αὐτὸν ἐρωτήσατε, αὐτὸς περὶ ἑαυτοῦ λαλήσει.
pōs de nyn blepei, ouk oidamen; ē tis ēnoixen autou tous ophthalmous, hēmeis ouk oidamen; autos hēlikian echei; auton erōtēsate, autos peri heautou lalēsei.
His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. The leaders had already agreed that anyone who openly confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
Ταῦτα εἶπον οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἐφοβοῦντο τοὺς Ἰουδαίους∙ ἤδη γὰρ συνετέθειντο οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι, ἵνα ἐάν τις αὐτὸν ὁμολογήσῃ χριστόν, ἀποσυνάγωγος γένηται.
Tauta eipon hoi goneis autou, hoti ephobounto tous Ioudaious; ēdē gar synetetheinto hoi Ioudaioi, hina ean tis auton homologēsē christon, aposynagōgos genētai.
That is why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.
Διὰ τοῦτο οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ εἶπον ὅτι Ἡλικίαν ἔχει, αὐτὸν ἐρωτήσατε.
Dia touto hoi goneis autou eipon hoti Hēlikian echei, auton erōtēsate.
So they called the man who had been blind a second time and told him, “Give glory to God and tell the truth. We know this Man is a sinner.”
Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.
Ἐφώνησαν οὖν ἐκ δευτέρου τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὃς ἦν τυφλός, καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ, Δὸς δόξαν τῷ θεῷ∙ ἡμεῖς οἴδαμεν ὅτι ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος ἁμαρτωλός ἐστιν.
Ephōnēsan oun ek deuterou ton anthrōpon hos ēn typhlos, kai eipon autō, Dos doxan tō theō; hēmeis oidamen hoti ho anthrōpos houtos hamartōlos estin.
He answered, “Whether He is a sinner, I don’t know. But I know one thing: I was blind, and now I can see.”
He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
Ἀπεκρίθη οὖν ἐκεῖνος καὶ εἶπεν, Εἰ ἁμαρτωλός ἐστιν, οὐκ οἶδα∙ ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι τυφλὸς ὤν, ἄρτι βλέπω.
Apekrithē oun ekeinos kai eipen, Ei hamartōlos estin, ouk oida; hen oida, hoti typhlos ōn, arti blepō.
They asked him again, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”
Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?
Εἶπον δὲ αὐτῷ πάλιν, Τί ἐποίησέν σοι; Πῶς ἤνοιξέν σου τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς;
Eipon de autō palin, Ti epoiēsen soi? Pōs ēnoixen sou tous ophthalmous?
He answered, “I already told you, and you wouldn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don’t want to become His disciples too, do you?”
He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?
Ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς, Εἶπον ὑμῖν ἤδη, καὶ οὐκ ἠκούσατε. Τί πάλιν θέλετε ἀκούειν; Μὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς θέλετε αὐτοῦ μαθηταὶ γενέσθαι;
Apekrithē autois, Eipon hymin ēdē, kai ouk ēkousate. Ti palin thelete akouein? Mē kai hymeis thelete autou mathētai genesthai?
They insulted him and said, “You are His disciple! We are disciples of Moses.
Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples.
Ἐλοιδόρησαν αὐτόν, καὶ εἶπον, Σὺ εἶ μαθητὴς ἐκείνου∙ ἡμεῖς δὲ τοῦ Μωσέως ἐσμὲν μαθηταί.
Eloidorēsan auton, kai eipon, Sy ei mathētēs ekeinou; hēmeis de tou Mōseōs esmen mathētai.
We know God spoke to Moses, but as for this Man, we don’t even know where He comes from.”
We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.
Ἡμεῖς οἴδαμεν ὅτι Μωσῇ λελάληκεν ὁ θεός∙ τοῦτον δὲ οὐκ οἴδαμεν πόθεν ἐστίν.
Hēmeis oidamen hoti Mōsē lelalēken ho theos; touton de ouk oidamen pothen estin.
The man answered, “That is amazing! You don’t know where He comes from, yet He opened my eyes!
The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
Ἀπεκρίθη ὁ ἄνθρωπος καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Ἐν γὰρ τούτῳ θαυμαστόν ἐστιν, ὅτι ὑμεῖς οὐκ οἴδατε πόθεν ἐστίν, καὶ ἀνέῳξέν μου τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς.
Apekrithē ho anthrōpos kai eipen autois, En gar toutō thaumaston estin, hoti hymeis ouk oidate pothen estin, kai aneōxen mou tous ophthalmous.
We know that God does not listen to people who are committed to sin, but He does listen to the person who worships Him and does His will.
Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
Οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι ἁμαρτωλῶν ὁ θεὸς οὐκ ἀκούει∙ ἀλλ’ ἐάν τις θεοσεβὴς ᾖ, καὶ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιῇ, τούτου ἀκούει.
Oidamen de hoti hamartōlōn ho theos ouk akouei; all’ ean tis theosebēs ē, kai to thelēma autou poiē, toutou akouei.
Since the beginning of the world, no one has ever heard of someone opening the eyes of a person born blind.
Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.
Ἐκ τοῦ αἰῶνος οὐκ ἠκούσθη ὅτι ἤνοιξέν τις ὀφθαλμοὺς τυφλοῦ γεγεννημένου.
Ek tou aiōnos ouk ēkousthē hoti ēnoixen tis ophthalmous typhlou gegennēmenou.
If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing like this.”
If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
Εἰ μὴ ἦν οὗτος παρὰ θεοῦ, οὐκ ἠδύνατο ποιεῖν οὐδέν.
Ei mē ēn houtos para theou, ouk ēdynato poiein ouden.
They answered, “You were born completely immersed in sin, and you think you can teach us?”
Then they threw him out.
They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
Ἀπεκρίθησαν καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ, Ἐν ἁμαρτίαις σὺ ἐγεννήθης ὅλος, καὶ σὺ διδάσκεις ἡμᾶς; Καὶ ἐξέβαλον αὐτὸν ἔξω.
Apekrithēsan kai eipon autō, En hamartiais sy egennēthēs holos, kai sy didaskeis hēmas? Kai exebalon auton exō.
Jesus heard that they had thrown him out. When He found him, He asked, “Do you believe in the Son of God?”
Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
Ἤκουσεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὅτι ἐξέβαλον αὐτὸν ἔξω∙ καὶ εὑρὼν αὐτόν, εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Σὺ πιστεύεις εἰς τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ;
Ēkousen ho Iēsous hoti exebalon auton exō; kai heurōn auton, eipen autō, Sy pisteueis eis ton huion tou theou?
The man answered, “Who is He, Lord, so that I can believe in Him?”
He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?
Ἀπεκρίθη ἐκεῖνος καὶ εἶπεν, Καὶ τίς ἐστιν, κύριε, ἵνα πιστεύσω εἰς αὐτόν;
Apekrithē ekeinos kai eipen, Kai tis estin, kyrie, hina pisteusō eis auton?
Jesus told him, “You have seen Him. He is the One speaking with you now.”
And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
Εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Καὶ ἑώρακας αὐτόν, καὶ ὁ λαλῶν μετὰ σοῦ ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν.
Eipen de autō ho Iēsous, Kai heōrakas auton, kai ho lalōn meta sou ekeinos estin.
The man said, “Lord, I believe!” And he bowed down and worshiped Him.
And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
Ὁ δὲ ἔφη, Πιστεύω, κύριε∙ καὶ προσεκύνησεν αὐτῷ.
Ho de ephē, Pisteuō, kyrie; kai prosekynēsen autō.
Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment: so that those who recognize that they are blind may see, while those who claim they can see will become blind.”
¶ And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Εἰς κρίμα ἐγὼ εἰς τὸν κόσμον τοῦτον ἦλθον, ἵνα οἱ μὴ βλέποντες βλέπωσιν, καὶ οἱ βλέποντες τυφλοὶ γένωνται.
Kai eipen ho Iēsous, Eis krima egō eis ton kosmon touton ēlthon, hina hoi mē blepontes blepōsin, kai hoi blepontes typhloi genōntai.
Some Pharisees who were with Him heard this and asked, “Surely You are not saying that we are blind too?”
And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
Καὶ ἤκουσαν ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων ταῦτα οἱ ὄντες μετ’ αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ, Μὴ καὶ ἡμεῖς τυφλοί ἐσμεν;
Kai ēkousan ek tōn Pharisaiōn tauta hoi ontes met’ autou, kai eipon autō, Mē kai hēmeis typhloi esmen?
Jesus answered, “If you admitted that you were blind, you would not be guilty in the way you are now. But because you insist, ‘We can see,’ your sin remains.
Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
Εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Εἰ τυφλοὶ ἦτε, οὐκ ἂν εἴχετε ἁμαρτίαν∙ νῦν δὲ λέγετε ὅτι Βλέπομεν∙ ἡ οὖν ἁμαρτία ὑμῶν μένει.
Eipen autois ho Iēsous, Ei typhloi ēte, ouk an eichete hamartian; nyn de legete hoti Blepomen; hē oun hamartia hymōn menei.