Johannes 9
BasisBijbel
Jezus geneest een blinde man
9 Toen Jezus verder liep, zag Hij een man die al vanaf zijn geboorte blind was. 2 Zijn leerlingen vroegen Hem: "Meester, hoe komt het dat hij blind geboren is? Komt dat omdat zijn ouders ongehoorzaam geweest zijn aan God, of hijzelf?" 3 Jezus antwoordde: "Het komt niet omdat hij of zijn ouders ongehoorzaam zijn geweest aan God. Maar God wil nu door hem aan de mensen laten zien hoe goed en machtig Hij is. 4 Hij heeft Mij gestuurd om te doen wat Hij wil. Dat doe Ik zolang het licht is. Want als het eenmaal donker is geworden, kan niemand dat meer doen. 5 Zolang Ik op de aarde ben, ben Ik het licht voor de mensen." 6 Toen spuugde Hij op de grond en maakte daarvan een modderpapje. Hij smeerde dat op de ogen van de blinde man en zei tegen hem: 7 "Ga je wassen in de vijver van Siloam" ('Siloam' betekent 'gestuurd'). De man ging daarheen en waste zich. Toen hij terugkwam, kon hij zien.
8 Zijn buren en de andere mensen die hem als blinde bedelaar hadden gekend, zagen hem. En ze zeiden tegen elkaar: "Is dat niet die bedelaar?" 9 Sommige mensen zeiden: "Ja, dat is hem inderdaad." Andere mensen zeiden: "Nee, hij lijkt alleen op hem." Hij zei: "Ik ben het wél." 10 Toen vroegen ze hem: "Hoe komt het dat je nu kan zien?" 11 Hij antwoordde: "De Man die ze Jezus noemen maakte een modderpapje. Dat smeerde Hij op mijn ogen. Toen zei Hij dat ik me in Siloam moest gaan wassen. Dat heb ik gedaan en toen kon ik zien." 12 Ze vroegen hem: "Waar is Hij nu?" Hij zei: "Dat weet ik niet."
13 Ze brachten hem naar de Farizeeërs. 14 Nu was het de heilige rustdag toen Jezus het modderpapje maakte en de ogen van de man genas. 15 De Farizeeërs vroegen aan de man hoe het kwam dat hij nu kon zien. Hij antwoordde: "Hij smeerde een modderpapje op mijn ogen. Ik waste dat er af en toen kon ik zien." 16 Een paar van hen zeiden toen: "Die Man is echt niet door God gestuurd, want Hij houdt Zich niet aan de heilige rustdag." Anderen zeiden: "Maar hoe kan een slecht mens zulke wonderen doen?" En ze werden het niet met elkaar eens. 17 Toen vroegen ze aan de man die blind was geweest: "Wat vind je zelf van Hem, nu Hij je ogen heeft genezen?" Hij antwoordde: "Hij is een profeet!"
18 De Joodse leiders geloofden niet echt dat hij blind was geweest en nu kon zien. Daarom vroegen ze het aan zijn ouders. 19 Ze vroegen hun: "Is dit jullie zoon? Klopt het dat hij blind geboren is? Hoe kan het dat hij nu kan zien?" 20 Zijn ouders antwoordden: "Ja, dit is onze zoon en het klopt dat hij blind geboren is. 21 Maar we weten niet hoe het komt dat hij nu kan zien. We weten ook niet wie hem genezen heeft. Vraag het hemzelf. Hij is volwassen en kan zelf antwoord geven." 22 Zijn ouders zeiden dat omdat ze bang waren voor de Joodse leiders. Want mensen die zeiden dat Jezus de Messias was, mochten van de Joodse leiders niet meer in de synagoge komen. 23 Daarom zeiden zijn ouders: 'Hij is volwassen. Vraag het hemzelf.'
24 Toen riepen ze de man voor de tweede keer. Ze zeiden tegen hem: "Denk erom dat je respect moet hebben voor God. Wij weten dat die Man een slecht mens is." 25 Hij antwoordde: "Of Hij een slecht mens is weet ik niet. Ik weet één ding: dat ik eerst blind was en nu kan zien." 26 Toen vroegen ze hem opnieuw: "Wat heeft Hij met je gedaan? Hoe heeft hij je ogen beter gemaakt?" 27 Hij antwoordde: "Dat heb ik jullie al verteld, maar jullie willen niet naar mij luisteren. Waarom willen jullie het nog een keer horen? Willen jullie soms ook zijn leerlingen worden?" 28 Ze scholden hem uit en zeiden: "Je bent zelf een leerling van Hem, maar wíj zijn leerlingen van Mozes. 29 We weten dat God tegen Mozes heeft gesproken. Maar we weten helemaal niet waar déze Man vandaan komt en wie Hem heeft gestuurd." 30 De man antwoordde: "Dat is toch vreemd dat jullie niet weten waar Hij vandaan komt en wie Hem heeft gestuurd. Hij heeft mijn ogen genezen! 31 We weten dat God niet luistert naar slechte mensen, maar wel naar mensen die ontzag voor Hem hebben en Hem gehoorzamen. 32 Nog nooit eerder heeft een mens de ogen genezen van iemand die blind geboren is. 33 Als deze Man niet door God was gestuurd, had Hij dat niet kunnen doen." 34 Toen zeiden ze tegen hem: "Jij was blind geboren omdat je zo'n slecht mens bent. Hoe durf je ons dan te leren hoe het zit?" En ze zetten hem de synagoge uit.
35 Jezus hoorde dat de man niet meer in de synagoge mocht komen. Hij zocht hem op en zei tegen hem: "Geloof je in de Zoon van God?" 36 Hij antwoordde: "Wie is dat dan?" 37 Jezus zei tegen hem: "Je hebt Hem niet alleen gezien, maar ook met Hem gesproken, want Ik ben het." 38 Hij zei: "Ik geloof in U, Heer," en hij knielde voor Hem neer. 39 Jezus zei tegen hem: "Ik ben gekomen om te oordelen: mensen die blind zijn, zullen gaan zien, en van mensen die kunnen zien, zal blijken dat ze blind zijn."
40 Een paar Farizeeërs hoorden Hem dat zeggen. Ze zeiden tegen Jezus: "Zijn wij dan óók blind?" 41 Jezus zei tegen hen: "Als jullie blind waren, zouden jullie niet schuldig zijn. Maar omdat jullie zeggen dat jullie kunnen zien, zijn jullie schuldig."
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.
John 9
Common English Bible
Jesus heals a blind man
9 As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who was blind from birth. 2 Jesus’ disciples asked, “Rabbi, who sinned so that he was born blind, this man or his parents?”
3 Jesus answered, “Neither he nor his parents. This happened so that God’s mighty works might be displayed in him. 4 While it’s daytime, 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.” 6 After he said this, he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and smeared the mud on the man’s eyes. 7 Jesus said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (this word means sent). So the man went away and washed. When he returned, he could see.
Disagreement about the healing
8 The man’s neighbors and those who used to see him when he was a beggar said, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”
9 Some said, “It is,” and others said, “No, it’s someone who looks like him.”
But the man said, “Yes, it’s me!”
10 So they asked him, “How are you now able to see?”
11 He answered, “The man they call Jesus made mud, smeared it on my eyes, and said, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and then I could see.”
12 They asked, “Where is this man?”
He replied, “I don’t know.”
13 Then they led the man who had been born blind to the Pharisees. 14 Now Jesus made the mud and smeared it on the man’s eyes on a Sabbath day. 15 So Pharisees also asked him how he was able to see.
The man told them, “He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and now I see.”
16 Some Pharisees said, “This man isn’t from God, because he breaks the Sabbath law.” Others said, “How can a sinner do miraculous signs like these?” So they were divided. 17 Some of the Pharisees questioned the man who had been born blind again: “What do you have to say about him, since he healed your eyes?”
He replied, “He’s a prophet.”
Conflict over the healing
18 The Jewish leaders didn’t believe the man had been blind and received his sight until they called for his parents. 19 The Jewish leaders asked them, “Is this your son? Are you saying he was born blind? How can he now see?”
20 His parents answered, “We know he is our son. We know he was born blind. 21 But we don’t know how he now sees, and we don’t know who healed his eyes. Ask him. He’s old enough to speak for himself.” 22 His parents said this because they feared the Jewish authorities. This is because the Jewish authorities had already decided that whoever confessed Jesus to be the Christ would be expelled from the synagogue. 23 That’s why his parents said, “He’s old enough. Ask him.”
24 Therefore, they called a second time for the man who had been born blind and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know this man is a sinner.”
25 The man answered, “I don’t know whether he’s a sinner. Here’s what I do know: I was blind and now I see.”
26 They questioned him: “What did he do to you? How did he heal your eyes?”
27 He replied, “I already told you, and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”
28 They insulted him: “You are his disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples. 29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but we don’t know where this man is from.”
30 The man answered, “This is incredible! You don’t know where he is from, yet he healed my eyes! 31 We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners. God listens to anyone who is devout and does God’s will. 32 No one has ever heard of a healing of the eyes of someone born blind. 33 If this man wasn’t from God, he couldn’t do this.”
34 They responded, “You were born completely in sin! How is it that you dare to teach us?” Then they expelled him.
Jesus finds the man born blind
35 Jesus heard they had expelled the man born blind. Finding him, Jesus said, “Do you believe in the Human One?”[a]
36 He answered, “Who is he, sir?[b] I want to believe in him.”
37 Jesus said, “You have seen him. In fact, he is the one speaking with you.”
38 The man said, “Lord,[c] I believe.” And he worshipped Jesus.
Jesus teaches the Pharisees
39 Jesus said, “I have come into the world to exercise judgment so that those who don’t see can see and those who see will become blind.”
40 Some Pharisees who were with him heard what he said and asked, “Surely we aren’t blind, are we?”
41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you wouldn’t have any sin, but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.
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