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John 9:21 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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. "
John 9:21
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?
His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
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.
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.
Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.
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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,"
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