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Johannes 9
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Johannes 9
Het Boek
De genezing van een blinde man
9 Jezus liep verder en zag een man die al sedert zijn geboorte blind was. 2 Zijn leerlingen vroegen: ‘Meester, heeft deze man zelf gezondigd of is hij blind geboren doordat zijn ouders gezondigd hebben?’ 3 ‘Nee,’ antwoordde Jezus. ‘Het heeft niets te maken met zijn zonden of die van zijn ouders. Maar door hem van zijn blindheid te genezen, toont God zijn macht. 4 Zolang het dag is, moeten wij doen wat God ons opdraagt. Als de nacht komt, kan niemand meer iets doen. 5 Zolang Ik in de wereld ben, ben Ik het licht van de wereld.’ 6 Daarna spuugde Hij op de grond en maakte met zijn speeksel wat modder. Dat deed Hij op de ogen van de blinde man en zei: 7 ‘Ga u wassen in de vijver van Siloam.’ Siloam betekent ‘Gezondene’. De man ging er heen en waste zich. Toen hij terugkwam, kon hij zien. 8 Zijn buren en de mensen die hem vroeger als bedelaar hadden gekend, waren verbaasd. ‘Dat is toch de blinde man die altijd zat te bedelen?’ vroegen zij. 9 ‘Inderdaad!’ zeiden sommigen. ‘Nee,’ zeiden anderen, ‘het is iemand die op hem lijkt.’ ‘Ik ben het echt!’ riep de man uit. 10 ‘Hoe kan het dan dat u nu kunt zien?’ vroegen zij. 11 Hij antwoordde: ‘Iemand die Jezus heet, maakte wat modder, smeerde dat op mijn ogen en zei dat ik naar Siloam moest gaan om mij te wassen. Toen ik dat gedaan had, kon ik zien.’ 12 ‘Waar is die man dan nu?’ vroegen zij. ‘Dat weet ik niet,’ zei hij.
13 Zij brachten hem naar de Farizeeën, 14 want het was sabbat toen Jezus de ogen van de man genas. 15 De Farizeeën vroegen de man ook hoe het kwam dat hij kon zien. Hij antwoordde: ‘Hij deed wat modder op mijn ogen. Daarna heb ik mij gewassen en nu kan ik zien.’ 16 Enkele Farizeeën zeiden: ‘Die Jezus is niet door God gestuurd. Anders zou Hij niet op de sabbat werken.’ ‘Maar,’ brachten anderen er tegenin, ‘een slecht mens zou zulke goede dingen toch niet doen?’ De meningen waren verdeeld. 17 Zij vroegen de man die blind was geweest: ‘En u? Wat zegt u van Hem? Per slot van rekening waren het uw ogen die Hij genas.’ ‘Hij is een profeet,’ antwoordde de man.
18 De Joodse leiders wilden niet geloven dat hij vroeger blind was geweest. Daarom lieten zij zijn ouders roepen. 19 ‘Is dit uw zoon?’ vroegen zij. ‘Is het waar dat hij blind geboren is? Hoe kan hij nu dan zien?’ 20 Zijn ouders antwoordden: ‘Dit is onze zoon en hij is blind geboren. 21 Maar wij weten niet hoe het komt dat hij nu kan zien. Wij weten ook niet wie zijn ogen genezen heeft. Vraag het hem zelf. Wie weet het beter dan hij? Hij is oud en wijs genoeg.’ 22 Zij zeiden dit omdat zij bang waren voor de Joodse leiders. Want die hadden besloten dat ieder die erkende dat Jezus de Christus was, niet meer in de synagoge mocht komen. 23 Daarom zeiden zij: ‘Hij is oud en wijs genoeg. Vraag het hem zelf.’
24 Daarop riepen de Joodse leiders de man nog eens bij zich en zeiden: ‘Geef alle eer aan God. Wij weten dat die Jezus een zondaar is.’ 25 De man antwoordde: ‘Of Hij een zondaar is, weet ik niet. Ik weet maar één ding: ik was blind en kan nu zien.’ 26 Zij vroegen weer: ‘Wat heeft Hij eigenlijk gedaan? Hoe heeft Hij uw ogen genezen?’ 27 De man zei: ‘Dat heb ik toch al verteld? U luistert gewoon niet. Waarom wilt u het anders nog een keer horen? Of wilt u soms ook leerlingen van Hem worden?’ 28 Zij scholden hem uit en zeiden: ‘U bent een aanhanger van Hem, maar wij zijn leerlingen van Mozes. 29 Wij weten dat God met Mozes heeft gesproken, maar van die Jezus weten wij niet eens waar Hij vandaan komt!’ 30 De man zei: ‘Ik vind het maar vreemd dat u niet weet waar Hij vandaan komt. Hij heeft nog wel mijn ogen genezen! 31 Wij weten allemaal dat God niet naar zondaars luistert. Maar als iemand eerbied voor Hem heeft en doet wat Hij wil, luistert God wel. 32 Nog nooit heeft iemand de ogen van een blindgeborene genezen. 33 Als die man niet van God kwam, had Hij zoiets nooit kunnen doen.’ 34 De leiders werden kwaad en zeiden: ‘U bent zelf een zondaar! U moet niet denken dat u ons de les kunt lezen!’ En zij joegen hem weg.
35 Jezus hoorde wat er met de man gebeurd was. Hij zocht hem op en vroeg: ‘Gelooft u in de Mensenzoon?’ 36 De man antwoordde: ‘Ik weet niet wie dat is, Here. Anders zou ik in Hem geloven.’ 37 ‘Ik ben het,’ antwoordde Jezus. 38 ‘Ja, Here,’ zei de man, ‘ik geloof.’ En hij knielde voor Jezus neer. 39 Jezus zei: ‘Ik ben tot een oordeel in deze wereld gekomen: de blinden zullen zien en de zienden zullen blind worden.’
40 Enkele Farizeeën die erbij stonden, vroegen: ‘Zijn wij soms ook blind?’ 41 ‘Als u blind was,’ antwoordde Jezus, ‘zou u geen schuld hebben. Maar nu u beweert te zien, blijft u schuldig.’
John 9
Legacy Standard Bible
John 9
Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
9 As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. 2 And His disciples asked Him, saying, “(A)Rabbi, who sinned, (B)this man or his (C)parents, that he would be born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this was so (D)that the works of God might be manifested in him. 4 We must work the works of Him who sent Me (E)as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am (F)the light of the world.” 6 When He had said this, He (G)spat on the ground, made clay of the saliva, and rubbed the clay on his eyes, 7 and said to him, “Go, wash in (H)the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went away and (I)washed, and (J)came back seeing. 8 Therefore the neighbors, and those who previously saw him as a beggar, were saying, “Is not this the one who used to (K)sit and beg?” 9 Others were saying, “This is he,” still others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” [a]He kept saying, “I am the one.” 10 So they were saying to him, “How then were your eyes opened?” 11 He answered, “The man who is called Jesus made clay, and rubbed my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to (L)Siloam and wash’; so when I went away and washed, I received sight.” 12 And they said to him, “Where is He?” He *said, “I do not know.”
Controversy over the Man Born Blind
13 They *brought to the Pharisees the man who was formerly blind. 14 (M)Now it was a Sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. 15 (N)So the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received his sight. And he said to them, “He applied clay to my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” 16 So then some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because He (O)does not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a sinful man do such [b](P)signs?” And (Q)there was a division among them. 17 Therefore, they *said to the blind man (R)again, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?” And he said, “He is a (S)prophet.”
18 (T)Then, the Jews did not believe it of him that he was blind and had received sight, until they called the parents of the very one who had received his sight, 19 and questioned them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?” 20 So his parents answered and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; 21 but how he now sees, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself.” 22 His parents said this because they (U)were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews (V)had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be [c]Christ, (W)he was to be put out of the synagogue. 23 For this reason his parents said, “(X)He is of age; ask him.”
24 Therefore, a second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, “(Y)Give glory to God; we know that (Z)this man is a sinner.” 25 He then answered, “Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” 26 So they said to him, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?” 27 He answered them, “(AA)I told you already and you did not (AB)listen. Why do you want to listen again? Do you want to become His disciples too?” 28 And they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but (AC)we are disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, (AD)we do not know where He is from.” 30 The man answered and said to them, “Well, here is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from, and He opened my eyes. 31 We know that (AE)God does not listen to sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He listens to him. 32 [d]Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. 33 (AF)If this man were not from God, He could do nothing.” 34 They answered and said to him, “(AG)You were born entirely in sins, and are you teaching us?” So they (AH)put him out.
Jesus Affirms His Deity
35 Jesus heard that they had (AI)put him out, and after finding him, He said, “Do you believe in the (AJ)Son of Man?” 36 He answered and said, “(AK)Who is He, [e]Lord, that I may believe in Him?” 37 Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him, and (AL)He is the one who is talking with you.” 38 And he said, “Lord, I believe.” And he (AM)worshiped Him. 39 And Jesus said, “(AN)For judgment I came into this world, so that (AO)those who do not see may see, and that (AP)those who see may become blind.” 40 Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “(AQ)Are we blind too?” 41 Jesus said to them, “(AR)If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now that you say, ‘(AS)We see,’ your sin remains.
John 9
New King James Version
John 9
New King James Version
A Man Born Blind Receives Sight
9 Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. 2 And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, (A)who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, (B)but that the works of God should be revealed in him. 4 (C)I[a] must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is (D)day; the night is coming when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, (E)I am the light of the world.”
6 When He had said these things, (F)He 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 (G)in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So (H)he went and washed, and came back seeing.
8 Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was [b]blind said, “Is not this he who sat and begged?”
9 Some said, “This is he.” Others said, [c]“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, (I)“A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to [d]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. 14 Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. 15 Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He said to them, “He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”
16 Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not [e]keep the Sabbath.”
Others said, (J)“How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And (K)there was a division among them.
17 They said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him because He opened your eyes?”
He said, (L)“He is a prophet.”
18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight. 19 And they asked them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”
20 His parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; 21 but by what means he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. He is of age; ask him. He will speak for himself.” 22 His parents said these things because (M)they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he (N)would be put out of the synagogue. 23 Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”
24 So they again called the man who was blind, and said to him, (O)“Give God the glory! (P)We know that this Man is a sinner.”
25 He answered and said, “Whether He is a sinner or not I do not know. One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see.”
26 Then they said to him again, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”
27 He answered them, “I told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”
28 Then they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples. 29 We know that God (Q)spoke to (R)Moses; as for this fellow, (S)we do not know where He is from.”
30 The man answered and said to them, (T)“Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He has opened my eyes! 31 Now we know that (U)God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him. 32 Since the world began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind. 33 (V)If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing.”
34 They answered and said to him, (W)“You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?” And they [f]cast him out.
True Vision and True Blindness
35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had (X)found him, He said to him, “Do you (Y)believe in (Z)the Son of [g]God?”
36 He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?”
37 And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and (AA)it is He who is talking with you.”
38 Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he (AB)worshiped Him.
39 And Jesus said, (AC)“For judgment I have come into this world, (AD)that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”
40 Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, (AE)and said to Him, “Are we blind also?”
41 Jesus said to them, (AF)“If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.
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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