Key Verse Spotlight
John 9:8 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?”
John 9:8
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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}
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.
The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
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?
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