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约翰福音 9
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
约翰福音 9
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
治愈生来瞎眼的人
9 耶稣往前走，看到一个生来就瞎眼的人。 2 他的门徒问他，说：“拉比，这个人生来就瞎眼，是谁犯了罪？是这个人，还是他的父母呢？”
3 耶稣回答：“既不是这个人犯了罪，也不是他的父母犯了罪，而是要让神的作为显明在他身上。 4 趁着白昼，我们[a]必须做那派我来者的工作；黑夜就要到了！那时候就没有人能做工了。 5 我在世上的时候，就是世界的光。”
6 耶稣说了这些话，就吐唾沫在地上，用唾沫和了一点泥，抹在瞎眼之人的眼睛上， 7 然后对他说：“到西罗亚池去洗一洗。”——“西罗亚”翻译出来就是“奉差派”。他去洗了，回来就能看见了。
8 他的邻居和原先看见他讨饭[b]的人就说：“这不是那一向坐着讨饭的人吗？”
9 有的说：“是这个人。”有的说：“不是，只是像他。”
那个人自己说：“就是我。”
10 他们问他：“那么，你的眼睛是怎么开的呢？”
11 他回答：“那个叫耶稣的人，和了些泥抹在我的眼睛上，吩咐我到西罗亚池子[c]去洗。我去一洗，就得以看见。”
12 他们问：“那个人在哪里？”
他说：“我不知道。”
被治愈之人的见证
13 他们把那原来瞎眼的人带到法利赛人那里。 14 耶稣和泥开他眼睛的那一天，正是安息日。 15 法利赛人也再次问他是怎么得以看见的。
他说：“他把泥抹在我的眼睛上，我一洗，就能看见了。”
16 法利赛人中的有些人说：“那个人不是从神那里来的，因为他不守安息日。”有些人却说：“一个罪人怎么能行这样的神迹呢？”他们之间就产生了分裂。
17 于是他们又问那瞎眼的：“既然他开了你的眼睛，那么你说他是什么人？”
他说：“是一位先知。”
18 那些犹太人不相信他以前瞎眼而后来得以看见，直等到把他的父母叫来， 19 问他们：“这是你们的儿子吗？你们说他生来是瞎眼的，现在怎么能看见呢？”
20 他的父母回答说：“这个人是我们的儿子，而且生来就瞎眼，这些我们知道。 21 至于他现在怎么能看见，我们就不知道了。是谁开了他的眼睛，我们也不知道。你们问他吧，他已经成年了，他自己会说的。” 22 他的父母说这些话，是因为怕那些犹太人。原来那些犹太人已经说好，如果有人承认耶稣是基督，就要把他赶出会堂。 23 所以他的父母说：“你们问他吧，他已经成年了。”
24 他们再次把那原来瞎眼的人叫来，对他说：“你要把荣耀归给神！[d]我们知道那人是个罪人。”
25 他回答：“他是不是罪人，我不知道。但有一件事我知道：我原来是瞎眼的，现在却能看见了！”
26 他们问：“他对你做了什么？怎么开了你的眼睛？”
27 他回答：“我已经告诉过你们，你们不听，为什么现在又想听呢？难道你们也想成为他的门徒吗？”
28 他们就辱骂他，说：“你才是那个人的门徒！我们是摩西的门徒！ 29 我们知道神对摩西说过话，至于这个人，我们就不知道他是从哪里来的！”
30 他回答说：“这就奇怪了！他开了我的眼睛，你们竟然不知道他是从哪里来的！ 31 我们知道神是不听罪人的，然而，如果有人敬畏神、遵行他的旨意，神就垂听他。 32 自古以来，没有人听说过谁开了生来就瞎眼之人的眼睛。 33 那个人如果不是从神而来的，他什么也不能做。”
34 他们回答他，说：“你完全是生在罪孽中的，还敢教训我们！”于是把他赶了出去。
灵里的瞎眼
35 耶稣听说他们把他赶出去了，后来找到他，说：“你信人子[e]吗？”
36 他回答说：“先生，人子是谁呢？愿我能信他。”
37 耶稣说：“你已经看到他了，现在与你说话的，就是那一位。”
38 他说：“主啊，我信！”就向耶稣下拜。
39 耶稣说：“我到这世上来是为了行审判，使看不见的能看见，使看得见的反而瞎了眼。”
40 与耶稣在那里的一些法利赛人听了这些话，就说：“难道我们也是瞎眼的吗？”
41 耶稣对他们说：“如果你们是瞎眼的，就没有罪了。但如今你们说‘我们能看见’，所以你们的罪仍然存在。
Juan 9
Traducción en lenguaje actual
Juan 9
Traducción en lenguaje actual
Jesús sana a un ciego
9 Cuando Jesús salió del templo, vio por el camino a un joven que había nacido ciego. 2 Los discípulos le preguntaron a Jesús:
—Maestro, ¿quién tiene la culpa de que este joven haya nacido ciego? ¿Fue por algo malo que hizo él mismo, o por algo malo que hicieron sus padres?
3 Jesús les respondió:
—Ni él ni sus padres tienen la culpa. Nació así para que ustedes vean cómo el poder de Dios lo sana. 4 Mientras yo esté con ustedes, hagamos el trabajo que Dios mi Padre me mandó hacer; vendrá el momento en que ya nadie podrá trabajar. 5 Mientras yo estoy en el mundo, soy la luz del mundo.
6 Enseguida Jesús escupió en el suelo, hizo un poco de lodo con la saliva, y se lo puso al joven en los ojos. 7 Entonces le dijo: «Ve a la piscina de Siloé,[a] y lávate los ojos.»
El ciego fue y se lavó, y cuando regresó ya podía ver. 8 Sus vecinos y todos los que antes lo habían visto pedir limosna se preguntaban: «¿No es éste el joven ciego que se sentaba a pedir dinero?» 9 Unos decían: «Sí, es él.» Otros decían: «No, no es él, aunque se le parece mucho.» Pero él mismo decía: «¡Claro que soy yo!» 10 Entonces le preguntaron:
—¿Cómo es que ya puedes ver?
11 Él respondió:
—Un hombre llamado Jesús hizo lodo, me lo puso en los ojos, y me dijo que fuera a la piscina de Siloé y que me lavara. Yo fui, y en cuanto me lavé los ojos pude ver.
12 —¿Y dónde está Jesús? —le preguntaron.
—No lo sé —contestó él.
Los fariseos y el ciego sanado
13-14 Cuando Jesús hizo lodo y sanó al ciego era día de descanso obligatorio. Por eso, algunos llevaron ante los fariseos al joven que había sido sanado. 15 Los fariseos le preguntaron:
—¿Cómo es que ya puedes ver?
El joven les respondió:
—Jesús me puso lodo en los ojos, y ahora puedo ver.
16 Algunos fariseos dijeron: «A ese hombre no lo ha enviado Dios, pues desobedece la ley que prohíbe trabajar en sábado.» Pero otros decían: «¿Cómo puede un pecador hacer milagros como éste?» Y no se ponían de acuerdo. 17 Entonces le preguntaron al que había sido ciego:
—Ya que ese hombre te dio la vista, ¿qué opinas de él?
—Yo creo que es un profeta —les contestó.
18 Pero los jefes judíos no creían que ese joven hubiera sido ciego y que ahora pudiera ver. Entonces llamaron a los padres del joven 19 y les preguntaron:
—¿Es éste su hijo? ¿Es cierto que nació ciego? ¿Cómo es que ahora puede ver?
20 Los padres respondieron:
—De que éste es nuestro hijo, y de que nació ciego, no tenemos ninguna duda. 21 Pero no sabemos cómo es que ya puede ver, ni quién lo sanó. Pregúntenselo a él, pues ya es mayor de edad y puede contestar por sí mismo.
22-23 Los padres dijeron esto porque tenían miedo de los jefes judíos, ya que ellos se habían puesto de acuerdo para expulsar de la sinagoga a todo el que creyera y dijera que Jesús era el Mesías.
24 Los jefes judíos volvieron a llamar al que había sido ciego, y le dijeron:
—Júranos por Dios que nos vas a decir la verdad. Nosotros sabemos que el hombre que te sanó es un pecador.
25 Él les contestó:
—Yo no sé si es pecador. ¡Lo que sí sé es que antes yo era ciego, y ahora veo!
26 Volvieron a preguntarle:
—¿Qué hizo? ¿Cómo fue que te sanó?
27 Él les contestó:
—Ya les dije lo que hizo, pero ustedes no me hacen caso. ¿Para qué quieren que les repita lo mismo? ¿Acaso también ustedes quieren ser sus seguidores?
28 Los jefes judíos lo insultaron y le dijeron:
—Seguidor de ese hombre lo serás tú. Nosotros somos seguidores de Moisés. 29 Y sabemos que Dios le habló a Moisés; pero de ese Jesús no sabemos nada.
30 El joven les respondió:
—¡Qué extraño! Ustedes no saben de dónde viene y, sin embargo, a mí me ha sanado. 31 Sabemos que Dios no escucha a los pecadores, pero sí escucha a los que lo adoran y lo obedecen. 32 Nunca he sabido que alguien le haya dado la vista a uno que nació ciego. 33 Si este hombre no fuera enviado por Dios, no podría hacer nada.
34 Entonces le contestaron:
—Ahora resulta que tú, siendo pecador desde que naciste, nos vas a enseñar. ¡Ya no te queremos en nuestra sinagoga!
35 Jesús se enteró de esto, y cuando se encontró con el joven le preguntó:
—¿Crees en el Hijo del hombre?
36 El joven le respondió:
—Señor, dígame usted quién es, para que yo crea en él.
37 Jesús le dijo:
—Lo estás viendo. Soy yo, el que habla contigo.
38 Entonces el joven se arrodilló ante Jesús y le dijo:
—Señor Jesús, creo en ti.
39 Luego Jesús dijo: «Yo he venido al mundo para juzgarlos a todos. Les daré vista a los ciegos, y se la quitaré a los que ahora creen ver bien.»
40 Algunos fariseos que estaban por allí lo oyeron decir esto, y le preguntaron:
—¿Quieres decir que nosotros también somos ciegos?
41 Jesús les contestó:
—Si ustedes reconocieran que no ven tanto como creen, Dios no los culparía por sus pecados. Pero como creen ver muy bien, Dios sí los culpará por sus pecados.
Footnotes
- Juan 9:7 Siloé: Palabra aramea que significa enviado.
John 9
Expanded Bible
John 9
Expanded Bible
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
9 As Jesus ·was walking along [passed by; went along], he saw a man who had been born blind. 2 His ·followers [disciples] asked him, “·Teacher [L Rabbi], whose sin caused this man to be born blind—his own sin or his parents’ sin?” [C The disciples, like the friends of Job, viewed suffering as the result of a person’s own sins.]
3 Jesus answered, “It is not this man’s sin or his parents’ sin that made him blind. This man was born blind so that God’s ·power [L works] could be ·shown [displayed; revealed; manifest] in him. 4 While it is daytime, we must continue doing the work of the One who sent me. Night is coming [C Jesus’ death], when no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world [see 8:12].”
6 After Jesus said this, he spit on the ground and made some mud with ·it [L the saliva] and ·put [spread; anointed] the mud on the man’s eyes [C the significance of the mud made with spit is unclear]. 7 Then he told the man, “Go and wash in the Pool of Siloam.” (Siloam [C from a Hebrew word] means Sent.) So the man went, washed, and came back seeing.
8 The neighbors and some people who had earlier seen this man begging said, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?”
9 Some said, “He is the one,” but others said, “No, he only looks like him.”
The man himself said, “I am the man.”
10 [L Therefore] They asked him, “How [L then] ·did you get your sight [L were your eyes opened]?”
11 He answered, “The man named Jesus made some mud and ·put [spread; anointed] it on my eyes. Then he told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”
12 They asked him, “Where is this man?”
“I don’t know,” he answered.
Pharisees Question the Healing
13 Then the people took to the Pharisees [C a religious party which strictly observed OT laws and later customs] the man who had been blind. 14 The day Jesus had made mud and healed his eyes was a Sabbath day [C on which no work was allowed]. 15 So now the Pharisees asked the man, “How did you get your sight?”
He answered, “He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and now I see.”
16 So some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man does not keep the Sabbath day [C according to rabbinic tradition neither kneading nor healing were permitted on the Sabbath], so he is not from God.”
But others said, “·A man who is a sinner can’t [L How can a man who is a sinner…?] do ·miracles [L signs] like these.” So ·they could not agree with each other [L there was a division among them].
17 [L Therefore; So; Then] They asked the man again, “What do you say about him, since it was your eyes he opened?”
The man answered, “He is a prophet.”
18 ·These leaders [L The Jews; C the Pharisees] did not believe that he had been blind and could now see again. So they sent for the ·man’s parents [L parents of the man who could now see] 19 and asked them, “Is this your son who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?”
20 [L Therefore; So] His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. 21 But we don’t know how he can now see. We don’t know who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself [C of legal age to give testimony].” 22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the ·elders [Jewish leaders; L Jews], who had already decided that anyone who ·said [confessed; acknowledged] Jesus was the ·Christ [Messiah] would be ·avoided [L put out of the synagogue; C an act of expulsion or excommunication]. 23 That is why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
24 So for the second time, they called the man who had been blind. They said, “·You should give God the glory by telling the truth [L Give God the glory; C see Josh. 7:19 where this phrase is a command to tell the truth]. We know that this man is a sinner.”
25 [L So; Then] He answered, “I don’t know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: I was blind, and now I see.”
26 [L So; Then] They asked, “What did he do to you? How did he ·make you see again [L open your eyes]?”
27 He answered them, “I already told you, and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his ·followers [disciples] too?”
28 Then they ·insulted [ridiculed; reviled] him and said, “You are his ·follower [disciple], but we are ·followers [disciples] of Moses. 29 We know that God spoke to Moses [Ex. 33:11; Num. 12:8; Deut. 34:10], but we don’t even know where this man comes from.”
30 The man answered, “This is a very ·strange [astonishing; marvelous] thing. You don’t know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. 31 We all know that God does not listen to sinners, but he listens to anyone who ·worships [is devout; is godfearing] and ·obeys him [L does his will]. 32 Nobody has ·ever [or since the beginning of the world; L from the age/eternity] heard of anyone giving sight to a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
34 They answered, “You were born ·full of sin [or in utter sinfulness]! Are you trying to teach us?” And they threw him out [C of the synagogue; an act of excommunication].
Spiritual Blindness
35 When Jesus heard that they had ·thrown [cast; driven] him out [C of the synagogue], Jesus found him and said, “Do you ·believe [trust] in the Son of Man [C a title for the Messiah; Dan. 7:13–14]?”
36 He asked, “Who is ·the Son of Man [L he], sir, so that I can ·believe [trust] in him?”
37 Jesus said to him, “You have seen him. ·The Son of Man [L He] is the one talking with you.”
38 He said, “·Lord [C the same word is rendered “sir” in v. 36, but here may have a more solemn sense], I ·believe [trust]!” Then the man ·worshiped [prostrated himself before] Jesus.
39 Jesus said, “I came into this world ·so that the world could be judged [L for judgment]. I came so that the blind would see and so that those who see will become blind.” [C Those who acknowledge they are spiritually blind will see the truth; and those who think they see spiritually (the Jewish religious leaders) are actually blind; Is. 6:10; 42:19.]
40 Some of the Pharisees who were nearby heard Jesus say this and asked, “Are you saying we are blind, too?”
41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin. But since you keep saying you see, your ·guilt [or sin] remains.”
John 9
New Catholic Bible
John 9
New Catholic Bible
A Sign of the Triumph of the Light[a]
Chapter 9
Jesus Cures a Man Born Blind.[b] 1 As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered,
“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,
but it happened
so that the works of God
might be revealed in him.
4 We must do
the works of him who sent me
while it is still day.
Night is coming when no one can work.
5 While I am in the world,
I am the light of the world.”
6 When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made a paste with the saliva, and smeared the paste on the eyes of the blind man. 7 Then he said to him, “Go and wash in the Pool of Siloam.”[c] (The name means “Sent.”) The man went forth and washed, and he returned seeing.
That Man Is a Prophet.[d] 8 His neighbors and those who had seen him begging asked, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some were saying, “Yes, this is the same man,” but others insisted, “No. It simply is someone who looks like him.” He said, “I am the man.”
10 Therefore, they asked him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” 11 He replied, “The man called Jesus made a paste and smeared it over my eyes. Then he said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and then I was able to see.” 12 They asked him, “Where is he?” He replied, “I do not know.”
13 They then brought the man who had formerly been blind to the Pharisees. 14 Now it was on a Sabbath day that Jesus had made the paste and opened his eyes.
15 The Pharisees also asked him how he had gained his sight. He said to them, “He put a paste on my eyes. Then I washed, and now I can see.”
16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man cannot be from God, for he does not observe the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?” Thus, they were divided in their opinions. 17 And so they spoke again to the blind man, asking, “What do you have to say about him? It was your eyes that he opened.” He replied, “He is a prophet.”
18 However, the Jews refused to believe that the man had been blind and had received his sight until they summoned the parents of the man who had received his sight 19 and asked them, “Is this your son who you say was born blind? How then is he now able to see?” 20 His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind, 21 but we do not know how he is now able to see, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is of age. He can speak for himself.”
22 His parents responded in this way because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already agreed that anyone who acknowledged Jesus to be the Christ would be put out of the synagogue. 23 This is why his parents said, “He is of age. Ask him.”
24 That Man Is from God.[e] And so for a second time they summoned the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.” 25 He answered, “I do not know whether he is a sinner. But one thing I do know: I was blind, and now I am able to see.” 26 They then asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” 27 He answered them, “I have told you already and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?”
28 Then they began to taunt him, saying, “It is you who are his disciple. We are disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he is from.” 30 He answered, “That is what is so amazing. You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but that he does listen to anyone who is devout and obeys his will.
32 “Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could not have been able to accomplish anything.” 34 They answered him, “You were born in sin and you would teach us?” Then they threw him out.
35 Do You Believe in the Son of Man?[f] When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, he found him and asked, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” 36 He replied, “Who is he, sir, so that I may believe in him?” 37 “You have seen him,” said Jesus, “and he is the one who is speaking to you.” 38 He said, “I do believe, Lord,” and he fell down in worship before him.
39 Spiritual Blindness.[g] Then Jesus said,
“It is for judgment
that I have come into this world,
so that those without sight may see
and those who do see may become blind.”
40 On hearing this, some Pharisees who were present asked him, “Are we blind too?” 41 Jesus replied,
“If you were blind,
you would have no guilt;
but since you claim, ‘We see,’
your guilt remains.
Footnotes
- John 9:1 The preceding chapters have made grand statements about Jesus, e.g., that he is the light of the world; in those chapters, however, the evangelist was guiding us through sometimes difficult reasonings. Here, on the other hand, is a lively story that illustrates the teaching that has been given. The man born blind is an image of the catechumen and of Christians, who allow themselves to be enlightened by Jesus. Not only their eyes but their hearts open to the light.
- John 9:1 In the view of the ancients, every illness had its origin in some sin, perhaps a secret one. Jesus firmly condemns this mentality. The blind man must take himself to the Pool of “Siloam” (= “Sent”); the evangelist emphasizes the word. Jesus is the one sent by the Father to bring light; it is he who opens the eyes of faith in those who go down into the pool of Baptism.
- John 9:7 The Pool of Siloam: it was at the foot of the southern spur of the temple mount.
- John 9:8 Who, then, is Jesus? Again there is questioning. Again also Jesus upsets the Pharisees, who have lost the essence of religion in the complexities of their traditions. The care for observances makes them forget that the Sabbath is first of all a testimony of liberty. In the presence of these teachers, the blind man who has been cured declares that Jesus is a prophet. They challenge his attestation and denounce it as a fraud. Thus, an inquiry is made to give themselves basis for their treatment of the man. A climate of fear ensues, and no one feels free to speak.
- John 9:24 The miraculously cured individual is interrogated a second time. His questioners bring up Moses to show that Jesus is in contradiction with him. This, they think, cannot be refuted. But it is necessary to recognize here the presence of the same God who spoke to Moses! The man born blind recognizes that Jesus came from God with a special mission. That is too much for them. They throw him out bodily.
- John 9:35 This is an encounter with Jesus, who identifies himself as the Son of Man—that is, as a being with a divine prerogative who has come to bring people to the presence of and communion with God. The profession of faith comes to the lips of the man born blind when he encounters Jesus, who is our light.
- John 9:39 Human beings cannot remain indifferent or neutral in the presence of Jesus: we must opt either for light or for darkness. In this choice, the divine judgment comes into play with a sentence of life or death—which foretells the division between synagogue and Church. The lot of each person depends on one’s attitude of faith or unbelief toward Jesus. Those who realize they are walking along the way of error and open themselves to the light of the Gospel revelation will be saved. Those who delude themselves that they possess the truth and voluntarily close their eyes to the light will be lost.
While the man born blind receives not only his physical sight but also the light of faith, the Jews who claim that they have sight are blind in a spiritual sense, because they refuse the light of revelation brought by Christ. True blindness is not the physical blindness of the blind man but the lack of belief. The Pharisees are convinced that they possess the truth and oppose themselves to the Envoy of God. They deprive themselves of the way to salvation. For they remain slaves of the sin of unbelief.
John 9
New International Version
John 9
New International Version
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
9 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi,(A) who sinned,(B) this man(C) or his parents,(D) that he was born blind?”
3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.(E) 4 As long as it is day,(F) we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”(G)
6 After saying this, he spit(H) on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. 7 “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam”(I) (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.(J)
8 His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?”(K) 9 Some claimed that he was.
Others said, “No, he only looks like him.”
But he himself insisted, “I am the man.”
10 “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.
11 He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”(L)
12 “Where is this man?” they asked him.
“I don’t know,” he said.
The Pharisees Investigate the Healing
13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. 14 Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man’s eyes was a Sabbath.(M) 15 Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight.(N) “He put mud on my eyes,” the man replied, “and I washed, and now I see.”
16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.”(O)
But others asked, “How can a sinner perform such signs?”(P) So they were divided.(Q)
17 Then they turned again to the blind man, “What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.”
The man replied, “He is a prophet.”(R)
18 They(S) still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they sent for the man’s parents. 19 “Is this your son?” they asked. “Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?”
20 “We know he is our son,” the parents answered, “and we know he was born blind. 21 But how he can see now, or who opened his eyes, we don’t know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.” 22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders,(T) who already had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out(U) of the synagogue.(V) 23 That was why his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”(W)
24 A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. “Give glory to God by telling the truth,”(X) they said. “We know this man is a sinner.”(Y)
25 He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!”
26 Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
27 He answered, “I have told you already(Z) and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”
28 Then they hurled insults at him and said, “You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses!(AA) 29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.”(AB)
30 The man answered, “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.(AC) 32 Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God,(AD) he could do nothing.”
34 To this they replied, “You were steeped in sin at birth;(AE) how dare you lecture us!” And they threw him out.(AF)
Spiritual Blindness
35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe(AG) in the Son of Man?”(AH)
36 “Who is he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me so that I may believe in him.”(AI)
37 Jesus said, “You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”(AJ)
38 Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.(AK)
39 Jesus said,[a] “For judgment(AL) I have come into this world,(AM) so that the blind will see(AN) and those who see will become blind.”(AO)
40 Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What? Are we blind too?”(AP)
41 Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.(AQ)
Footnotes
- John 9:39 Some early manuscripts do not have Then the man said … 39 Jesus said.
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