John 9:11 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“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.”

John 9:11

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Some said, This is he: others {said}, He is like him: {but} he said, I am {he}.

Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?

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.

Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.

They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.

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John 9:1

"And as {Jesus} passed by, he saw a man which was blind from {his} birth."

John 9:2

"And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?"

John 9:3

"Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him."

John 9:4

"I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work."

John 9:5

"As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

John 9:6

"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, {anointed...: or, spread the clay upon the eyes of the blind man}"

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