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- Sep 13, 2023
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The Book of John - Chapter 9:1-7 - (ESV)

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind - {Interlinear <Greek>}

9:1 • {Καὶ<kai>} As he passed by, {παράγων<paragō>} he → saw {εἶδεν<horaō>} a → man {ἄνθρωπον<anthrōpos>} blind {τυφλὸν<typhlos>} from {ἐκ<ek>} birth. {γενετῆς.<genetē>}

9:2 - And {καὶ<kai>} his {αὐτοῦ<autos> disciples {οἱ μαθηταὶ<ho mathētēs>} asked {ἠρώτησαν<erōtaō>} him, {αὐτὸν<autos>} “ {λέγοντες·<legō>} Rabbi, {ῥαββεί <rhabbei>} who {τίς<tis>} sinned, {ἥμαρτεν,<hamartanō>} this {οὗτος<houtos>} man ← or {ἢ<ē>} his {αὐτοῦ,<autos>} parents, {οἱ γονεῖς<ho goneus>} that {ἵνα<hina>} he → was → born {γεννηθῇ;<gennaō>} blind?” {τυφλὸς<typhlos>}

9:3 - Jesus {Ἰησοῦς·<Iēsous>} answered, {Ἀπεκρίθη<apokrinomai>} “It • was • not {οὔτε<oute>} that • this {οὗτος<houtos>} man ← sinned, {ἥμαρτεν<hamartanō>} or {οὔτε<oute>} his {αὐτοῦ,<autos>} parents, {οἱ γονεῖς<ho goneus>} but {ἀλλ᾽<alla>} that {ἵνα<hina>} the {τὰ<ho>} works {ἔργα<ergon>} of → God {τοῦ θεοῦ<ho theos>} might → be → displayed {φανερωθῇ<phaneroō>} in {ἐν<en>} him. {αὐτῷ.<autos>}

9:4 - We {ἡμᾶς<egō>} must {δεῖ<deō>} work {ἐργάζεσθαι<ergazomai>} the {τὰ<ho>} works {ἔργα<ergon>} of him who {τοῦ<ho>} sent {πέμψαντός<pempō>} me {με <egō>} while {ἕως <heō>} sit → is {ἐστίν·<eimi>} day; {ἡμέρα<hēmera>} night {νύξ,<nyx>} is → coming, {ἔρχεται<erchomai>} when {ὅτε<hote>} no one {οὐδεὶς <oudeis>} can {δύναται<dynamai>} work. {ἐργάζεσθαι.<ergazomai>}

9:5 - As long as {ὅταν<hotan>} I → am {ὦ,<eimi>} in {ἐν<en>} the {τῷ<ho>} world, {κόσμῳ<kosmos>} I → am {εἰμι<eimi>} the → light {φῶς<phōs>} of → the {τοῦ<ho>} world.” {κόσμου.<kosmos>}

9:6 - Having → said {εἰπὼν<legō>} these {ταῦτα<houtos>} things, ← he → spit {ἔπτυσεν<ptyō>} on → the → ground {χαμαὶ<chamai>} and {καὶ<kai>} made {ἐποίησεν<poieō>} mud {πηλὸν<pēlos>} with {ἐκ<ek>} the {τοῦ<ho>} saliva. {πτύσματος <ptysma>} Then {καὶ<kai>} he → anointed {ἐπέχρισεν<epichriō>} • {αὐτοῦ<autos>} the • man’s • eyes {τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς<ho ophthalmos>} with • the {τὸν<ho>} mud {πηλὸν<pēlos>} • {ἐπὶ<epi>}

9:7 - and {καὶ<kai>} said {εἶπεν<legō>} to → him, {αὐτῷ·<autos>} “Go, {ὕπαγε <hypagō>} wash {νίψαι<niptō>} in {εἰς<eis>} the {τὴν<ho>} pool {κολυμβήθραν <kolymbēthra>} of → Siloam” {τοῦ Σιλωὰμ<ho Silōam>} (which {ὃ<hos>} means {ἑρμηνεύεται <hermēneuō>} Sent). {ἀπεσταλμένος.<apostellō>} So {οὖν<oun>} he → went {ἀπῆλθεν<aperchomai>} and {καὶ<kai>} washed {ἐνίψατο<niptō>} and {καὶ <kai>} came {ἦλθεν<erchomai>} back ← seeing. {βλέπων.<blepō>}

John 9:1–7 -

Before Jesus healed the blind man, he challenged the prevailing notion that there is a one-to-one correlation between our physical maladies and our character. We live in a fallen world where even good people experience terrible loss and pain. But though the gospel of grace doesn’t immediately negate the reality of painful consequences resulting from poor choices or a corrupted creation (Gal. 6:8; Rom. 8:22–23), it does place us in a larger story. We are not blind to our world’s present brokenness, nor are we fatalists about our future. Rather, we are followers of Jesus, graciously incorporated into his redeeming purposes for our world.

Instead of asking, “Why did this happen to me? Who’s to blame?” we begin to ask, “Where is God in this situation? What is he up to? How may his glory ultimately shine through this?” Grace leads us to ask more vertical questions and fewer horizontal ones. Only the gospel of eternal purposes and hope beyond this world can enable us to accept suffering as a normal part of the Christian life. For the ultimate suffering, condemnation, and separation from the Father in hell has been undergone by Jesus in our place. All current suffering in the lives of those who are in Christ can therefore only be by the loving hand of a caring Father, who is training us to walk with him—and enabling others touched by our lives to do so also, as they walk through this broken world with us.

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John 9:1–7

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The Book of John - Chapter 9:1-7 - (ESV)

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