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

5But while I am here in the world, I am the light of the world.” 6Then he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud over the blind man’s eyes. He told him, “Go wash yourself in the pool of Siloam” (Siloam means “sent”). So the man went and washed and came back seeing! 8His neighbors and others who knew him as a blind beggar asked each other, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?” 9Some said he was, and others said, “No, he just looks like him!” But the beggar kept saying, “Yes, I am the same 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 5:10But Elisha sent a messenger out to him with this message: “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan River. Then your skin will be restored, and you will be healed of your leprosy.”
• John 9:11He told them, “The man they call Jesus made mud and spread it over my eyes and told me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash yourself.’ So I went and washed, and now I can see!”
• Nehemiah 3:15The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallum son of Col-hozeh, the leader of the Mizpah district. He rebuilt it, roofed it, set up its doors, and installed its bolts and bars. Then he repaired the wall of the pool of Siloam near the king’s garden, and he rebuilt the wall as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.
• Isaiah 8:6“My care for the people of Judah is like the gently flowing waters of Shiloah, but they have rejected it. They are rejoicing over what will happen to King Rezin and King Pekah.
• John 10:36why do you call it blasphemy when I say, ‘I am the Son of God’? After all, the Father set me apart and sent me into the world.
• Romans 8:3The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins.
• Galatians 4:4But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law.
• John 9:39Then Jesus told him, “I entered this world to render judgment—to give sight to the blind and to show those who think they see that they are blind.”
• John 11:37But some said, “This man healed a blind man. Couldn’t he have kept Lazarus from dying?”
• Exodus 4:11Then the Lord asked Moses, “Who makes a person’s mouth? Who decides whether people speak or do not speak, hear or do not hear, see or do not see? Is it not I, the Lord?
• Psalms 146:8The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are weighed down. The Lord loves the godly.
• Isaiah 29:18In that day the deaf will hear words read from a book, and the blind will see through the gloom and darkness.
• Isaiah 32:3Then everyone who has eyes will be able to see the truth, and everyone who has ears will be able to hear it.
• Isaiah 35:5And when he comes, he will open the eyes of the blind and unplug the ears of the deaf.
• Isaiah 42:7You will open the eyes of the blind. You will free the captives from prison, releasing those who sit in dark dungeons.
• Isaiah 43:8Bring out the people who have eyes but are blind, who have ears but are deaf.

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