John 9:6

John 9:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud
• New King James Version (NKJV)When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud over the blind man’s eyes.

Context of John 9:6

4As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. 5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” After saying this, he spit 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” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing. 8His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?”

John 9:6 word by word

ταῦτα εἰπὼν ἔπτυσεν χαμαὶ καὶ ἐποίησεν πηλὸν ἐκ τοῦ πτύσματος καὶ ἐπέχρισεν αὐτοῦ τὸν πηλὸν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺςRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• When he hadλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• thusοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• he spatπτύωptuō · to spitG4429
• on the groundχαμαίchamai · on the groundG5476
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• madeποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• clayπηλόςpēlos · clayG4081
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• the spittleὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the spittleπτύσμαptusma · salivaG4427
• he anointedἐπιχρίωepichriō · to rub onG2025
• ·ἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the eyesὀφθαλμόςophthalmos · eyeG3788
• of the blind manτυφλόςtuphlos · blindG5185

Cross-references for John 9:6

• Mark 7:33After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue.
• Mark 8:23He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?”
• Revelation 3:18I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.

Commentaries on John 9:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Anointed the eyes of the blind man - It would be difficult to find out the reason which induced our Lord to act thus. It is certain, this procedure can never be supposed to have been any likely medical means to restore sight to a man who was born blind; this action, therefore, had no tendency to assist the miracle. If his eye-lids had been only so gummed together that they needed nothing but to be suppled and well washed, it is not likely that this could…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And made clay … - Two reasons may be assigned for making this clay, and anointing the eyes with it. One is, that the Jews regarded spittle as medicinal to the eyes when diseased, and that they forbade the use of medicines on the Sabbath. They regarded the Sabbath so strictly that they considered the preparation and use of medicines as contrary to the law. Especially it was particularly forbidden among them to use spittle on that day to heal diseased eyes…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6During the New Testament era, saliva was used for medical purposes (see Mark 7:32–35; 8:22–25).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 9:6

• Blindness
• Clay
• Sabbath
• Siloam

In the dictionaries

• Agree
• Anoint
• Ask
• Clay
• Beg; Beggar; Begging
• Cistern; Well; Pool; Aqueduct
• Jesus Christ
• John, Gospel of
• Plagues of Egypt
• Spit; Spittle

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