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John 9:7
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5 As long as I am in the world, aI am the light of the world.”  
6 When He had said these things, aHe spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay.  
7 And He said to him, “Go, wash ain the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So bhe went and washed, and came back seeing.  
8 Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was1 blind said, “Is not this he who sat and begged?”  
9 Some said, “This is he.” Others said,1 “He is like him.” He said, “I am he.”  
10 Therefore they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?”
11 He answered and said, a“A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to1 the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received sight.”  
12 Then they said to him, “Where is He?” He said, “I do not know.”

The Pharisees Excommunicate the Healed Man

13 They brought him who formerly was blind to the Pharisees.
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John 9:7

Wash (niyai). First aorist middle imperative second person singular of niptw, later form of nizw, to wash, especially parts of the body. Certainly bathing the eyes is good for eye trouble, and yet we are not to infer that the cure was due to the use of the clay or to the washing.

In the pool of Siloam (eiv thn kolumbhqran tou Silwam). The word kolumbhqra (from kolumbaw, to swim) is a common word for swimming-pool, in N.T. only here and John 5:2, John 5:7. The name Siloam is Hebrew (Isaiah 8:6) and means "sent" (apestalmenov, perfect passive participle of apostellw). It was situated south of the temple area and was apparently connected by a subterranean tunnel with the Virgin's Well (John 5:2) according to Bernard. The water was conducted artificially to the pool of Siloam.

Washed (eniyato). First aorist direct middle (cf. niyai), apparently bathing and not merely washing his eyes.

Came seeing (hlqen blepwn). Jesus had healed him. He was tested by the demand to bathe his eyes.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 9:7:

John 1:38
John 5:2
Revelation 10:8

 

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