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’m in the world, I’m light for the world.” 6After Jesus said this, he spit on the ground and mixed the spit with dirt. Then he smeared it on the man’s eyes and told him, “Wash it off in the pool of Siloam.” (Siloam means “sent.”) The blind man washed it off and returned. He was able to see. 8His neighbors and those who had previously seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?” 9Some of them said, “He’s the one.” Others said, “No, he isn’t, but he looks like him.” But the man himself said, “I am 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 5:10Elisha sent a messenger to him. He said, “Wash yourself seven times in the Jordan River, and your skin will be healthy and clean.”
• John 9:11He replied, “The man people call Jesus mixed some spit with dirt, smeared it on my eyes, and told me, ‘Go to Siloam, and wash it off.’ So I went there, washed it off, and received my sight.”
• Nehemiah 3:15Shallun, Col Hozeh’s son, the official in charge of the district of Mizpah, repaired Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, put a roof over it, and set its doors, locks, and bars in place. He also made repairs on the wall of the Pool of Shelah by the King’s Garden as far as the stairs going down from the City of David.
• Isaiah 8:6“These people have rejected the gently flowing water of Shiloah and find joy in Rezin and Remaliah’s son.”
• John 10:36why do you say that I’m dishonoring God because I said, ‘I’m the Son of God’? God set me apart for this holy purpose and has sent me into the world.
• Romans 8:3It is impossible to do what God’s standards demand because of the weakness our human nature has. But God sent his Son to have a human nature as sinners have and to pay for sin. That way God condemned sin in our corrupt nature.
• Galatians 4:4But when the right time came, God sent his Son ⌞into the world⌟. A woman gave birth to him, and he came under the control of the laws given to Moses.
• John 9:39Then Jesus said, “I have come into this world to judge: Blind people will be given sight, and those who can see will become blind.”
• John 11:37But some of the Jews asked, “Couldn’t this man who gave a blind man sight keep Lazarus from dying?”
• Exodus 4:11The Lord asked him, “Who gave humans their mouths? Who makes humans unable to talk or hear? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? It is I, the Lord!
• Psalms 146:8The Lord gives sight to blind people. The Lord straightens ⌞the backs⌟ of those who are bent over. The Lord loves righteous people.
• Isaiah 29:18When that day comes, the deaf will hear the words written in the book. The blind will see out of their gloom and darkness.
• Isaiah 32:3Then the vision of those who can see won’t be blurred, and the ears of those who can hear will pay attention.
• Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unplugged.
• Isaiah 42:7You will give sight to the blind, bring prisoners out of prisons, and bring those who live in darkness out of dungeons.
• Isaiah 43:8Bring the people who are blind but still have eyes, the people who are deaf but still 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