John 9:7

John 9:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
• New International Version (NIV)“Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing.

Context of John 9:7

5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” 6After he said these things he spit on the ground, made some mud from the saliva, and spread the mud on his eyes. “Go,” he told him, “wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he left, washed, and came back seeing. 8His neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar said, “Isn’t this the one who used to sit begging?” 9Some said, “He’s the one.” Others were saying, “No, but he looks like him.” He kept saying, “I’m the one.”

John 9:7 word by word

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ὕπαγε νίψαι εἰς τὴν κολυμβήθραν τοῦ Σιλωάμ ὃ ἑρμηνεύεται ἀπεσταλμένος. ἀπῆλθεν οὖν καὶ ἐνίψατο καὶ ἦλθεν βλέπων.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Goὑπάγωhupagō · to goG5217
• washνίπτωniptō · to washG3538
• inεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the poolὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the poolκολυμβήθραkolumbēthra · poolG2861
• of SiloamΣιλωάμSilōam · SiloamG4611
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• is by interpretationἑρμηνεύωhermēneuō · to interpretG2059
• Sentἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649
• He went his wayἀπέρχομαιaperchomai · to go awayG565
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• seeingβλέπωblepō · to seeG991

Cross-references for John 9:7

• 2 Kings 5:10Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go wash seven times in the Jordan and your skin will be restored and you will be clean.”
• John 9:11He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and told me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So when I went and washed I received my sight.”
• Nehemiah 3:15Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it and roofed it. Then he installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also made repairs to the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the city of David.
• Isaiah 8:6Because these people rejected the slowly flowing water of Shiloah and rejoiced with Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
• John 10:36do you say, ‘You are blaspheming’ to the one the Father set apart and sent into the world, because I said: I am the Son of God?
• Romans 8:3For what the law could not do since it was weakened by the flesh, God did. He condemned sin in the flesh by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh as a sin offering,
• Galatians 4:4When the time came to completion, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
• John 9:39Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind.”
• John 11:37But some of them said, “Couldn’t he who opened the blind man’s eyes also have kept this man from dying?”
• Exodus 4:11The Lord said to him, “Who placed a mouth on humans? Who makes a person mute or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
• Psalms 146:8The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord raises up those who are oppressed. The Lord loves the righteous.
• Isaiah 29:18On that day the deaf will hear the words of a document, and out of a deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
• Isaiah 32:3Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
• Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
• Isaiah 42:7in order to open blind eyes, to bring out prisoners from the dungeon, and those sitting in darkness from the prison house.
• Isaiah 43:8Bring out a people who are blind, yet have eyes, and are deaf, yet have ears.

Commentaries on John 9:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Siloam - Called also Shiloah, Silos, or Siloa, was a fountain under the walls of Jerusalem, towards the east, between the city and the brook Kidron. Calmet thinks that this was the same with En-rogel, or the fuller's fountain, which is mentioned in Joshua 15:7; Joshua 18:16; in 2 Samuel 17:17; and in 1 Kings 1:9. Its waters were collected in a great reservoir for the use of the city; and a stream from it supplied the pool of Bethesda. By interpretation…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Wash in the pool - In the fountains. Of Siloam - See the notes at Luke 13:4. By interpretation, Sent - From the Hebrew verb to send perhaps because it was regarded as a blessing sent or given by God. Why Jesus sent him to wash there is not known. It is clear that the waters had no efficacy themselves to open the eyes of a blind man, but it is probable that he directed him to go there to test his obedience, and to see whether he was disposed to obey him in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7Siloam, a pool at the south end of Jerusalem, provided water for the Feast of Tabernacles ceremonies. which means “Sent”: This phrase contained a double meaning: Jesus, who has been sent by God, told the blind man to wash in the pool called Sent (4:34; 5:23, 37; 7:28; 8:26; 12:44; 14:24).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-76-7. he spat on the ground, and made clay ... and he anointed the eyes of the blind man--These operations were not so incongruous in their nature as might appear, though it were absurd to imagine that they contributed in the least degree to the effect which followed. (See Mr 6:13 and see on Joh 7:33.)Read the comment

Topics related to John 9:7

• Blindness
• Pool
• Sabbath
• Siloam

In the dictionaries

• Agree
• Anoint
• Ask
• Baths
• Pool
• Siloam, Pool of
• Beg; Beggar; Begging
• Cistern; Well; Pool; Aqueduct
• Jesus Christ
• John, Gospel of

Commentaries on John 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings