John 9
Expanded Bible
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
9 As Jesus ·was walking along [passed by; went along], he saw a man who had been born blind. 2 His ·followers [disciples] asked him, “·Teacher [L Rabbi], whose sin caused this man to be born blind—his own sin or his parents’ sin?” [C The disciples, like the friends of Job, viewed suffering as the result of a person’s own sins.]
3 Jesus answered, “It is not this man’s sin or his parents’ sin that made him blind. This man was born blind so that God’s ·power [L works] could be ·shown [displayed; revealed; manifest] in him. 4 While it is daytime, we must continue doing the work of the One who sent me. Night is coming [C Jesus’ death], when no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world [see 8:12].”
6 After Jesus said this, he spit on the ground and made some mud with ·it [L the saliva] and ·put [spread; anointed] the mud on the man’s eyes [C the significance of the mud made with spit is unclear]. 7 Then he told the man, “Go and wash in the Pool of Siloam.” (Siloam [C from a Hebrew word] means Sent.) So the man went, washed, and came back seeing.
8 The neighbors and some people who had earlier seen this man begging said, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?”
9 Some said, “He is the one,” but others said, “No, he only looks like him.”
The man himself said, “I am the man.”
10 [L Therefore] They asked him, “How [L then] ·did you get your sight [L were your eyes opened]?”
11 He answered, “The man named Jesus made some mud and ·put [spread; anointed] it on my eyes. Then he told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”
12 They asked him, “Where is this man?”
“I don’t know,” he answered.
Pharisees Question the Healing
13 Then the people took to the Pharisees [C a religious party which strictly observed OT laws and later customs] the man who had been blind. 14 The day Jesus had made mud and healed his eyes was a Sabbath day [C on which no work was allowed]. 15 So now the Pharisees asked the man, “How did you get your sight?”
He answered, “He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and now I see.”
16 So some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man does not keep the Sabbath day [C according to rabbinic tradition neither kneading nor healing were permitted on the Sabbath], so he is not from God.”
But others said, “·A man who is a sinner can’t [L How can a man who is a sinner…?] do ·miracles [L signs] like these.” So ·they could not agree with each other [L there was a division among them].
17 [L Therefore; So; Then] They asked the man again, “What do you say about him, since it was your eyes he opened?”
The man answered, “He is a prophet.”
18 ·These leaders [L The Jews; C the Pharisees] did not believe that he had been blind and could now see again. So they sent for the ·man’s parents [L parents of the man who could now see] 19 and asked them, “Is this your son who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?”
20 [L Therefore; So] His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. 21 But we don’t know how he can now see. We don’t know who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself [C of legal age to give testimony].” 22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the ·elders [Jewish leaders; L Jews], who had already decided that anyone who ·said [confessed; acknowledged] Jesus was the ·Christ [Messiah] would be ·avoided [L put out of the synagogue; C an act of expulsion or excommunication]. 23 That is why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
24 So for the second time, they called the man who had been blind. They said, “·You should give God the glory by telling the truth [L Give God the glory; C see Josh. 7:19 where this phrase is a command to tell the truth]. We know that this man is a sinner.”
25 [L So; Then] He answered, “I don’t know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: I was blind, and now I see.”
26 [L So; Then] They asked, “What did he do to you? How did he ·make you see again [L open your eyes]?”
27 He answered them, “I already told you, and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his ·followers [disciples] too?”
28 Then they ·insulted [ridiculed; reviled] him and said, “You are his ·follower [disciple], but we are ·followers [disciples] of Moses. 29 We know that God spoke to Moses [Ex. 33:11; Num. 12:8; Deut. 34:10], but we don’t even know where this man comes from.”
30 The man answered, “This is a very ·strange [astonishing; marvelous] thing. You don’t know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. 31 We all know that God does not listen to sinners, but he listens to anyone who ·worships [is devout; is godfearing] and ·obeys him [L does his will]. 32 Nobody has ·ever [or since the beginning of the world; L from the age/eternity] heard of anyone giving sight to a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
34 They answered, “You were born ·full of sin [or in utter sinfulness]! Are you trying to teach us?” And they threw him out [C of the synagogue; an act of excommunication].
Spiritual Blindness
35 When Jesus heard that they had ·thrown [cast; driven] him out [C of the synagogue], Jesus found him and said, “Do you ·believe [trust] in the Son of Man [C a title for the Messiah; Dan. 7:13–14]?”
36 He asked, “Who is ·the Son of Man [L he], sir, so that I can ·believe [trust] in him?”
37 Jesus said to him, “You have seen him. ·The Son of Man [L He] is the one talking with you.”
38 He said, “·Lord [C the same word is rendered “sir” in v. 36, but here may have a more solemn sense], I ·believe [trust]!” Then the man ·worshiped [prostrated himself before] Jesus.
39 Jesus said, “I came into this world ·so that the world could be judged [L for judgment]. I came so that the blind would see and so that those who see will become blind.” [C Those who acknowledge they are spiritually blind will see the truth; and those who think they see spiritually (the Jewish religious leaders) are actually blind; Is. 6:10; 42:19.]
40 Some of the Pharisees who were nearby heard Jesus say this and asked, “Are you saying we are blind, too?”
41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin. But since you keep saying you see, your ·guilt [or sin] remains.”
John 9
King James Version
9 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
6 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,
7 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.
8 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
9 Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.
10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?
11 He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.
12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.
13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.
14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.
16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.
19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?
20 His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
21 But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.
24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.
25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?
27 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?
28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.
29 We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.
30 The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
32 Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.
33 If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?
37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
Juan 9
Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version
9 Habang naglalakad si Jesus, nakita niya ang isang lalaking bulag mula pa sa pagkasilang. 2 Tinanong siya ng mga alagad niya, “Rabbi, sino ba ang nagkasala't ang lalaking ito ay ipinanganak na bulag, siya o ang kanyang mga magulang?” 3 Sumagot si Jesus, “Hindi ang lalaking ito, ni ang mga magulang niya ang nagkasala; ipinanganak siyang bulag upang sa pamamagitan niya, ang mga gawa ng Diyos ay maihayag. 4 Kailangan nating gawin ang mga gawa niya na nagsugo sa akin habang maliwanag pa; dumarating ang gabi at wala nang makagagawa nito. 5 (A)Habang ako ay nasa sanlibutan, ako ang ilaw ng sanlibutan.” 6 Matapos niyang sabihin ito, dumura siya sa lupa at gumawa ng putik sa pamamagitan ng laway. Ipinahid niya iyon sa mata ng lalaki, 7 at sinabihan ito, “Humayo ka at maghilamos sa imbakan ng tubig ng Siloam” (na ang ibig sabihin ay isinugo). Kaya nagpunta siya at naghilamos—at bumalik siyang nakakakita na. 8 Ang mga kapitbahay at ang mga nakakita sa kanya noon na siya’y pulubi pa ay nagsimulang magtanong, “Hindi ba siya ang lalaking dating namamalimos?” 9 May ilang nagsasabing, “Siya nga iyon.” Ang iba naman ay nagsasabing, “Hindi, kamukha lang siya.” Ngunit paulit-ulit niyang sinasabing, “Ako ang taong iyon.” 10 Kung kaya paulit-ulit nila siyang tinatanong, “Kung gayon, ano'ng nangyari at nakakakita ka na?” 11 Sumagot siya, “Ang lalaking tinatawag na Jesus ay gumawa ng putik, ipinahid niya iyon sa aking mga mata, at sinabihan akong pumunta sa Siloam at maghilamos. Kung kaya't nagpunta ako roon at naghilamos, at ako'y nakakita na.” 12 Sinabi nila sa kanya, “Nasaan siya?” Sinabi niya, “Hindi ko alam.”
13 Dinala nila sa mga Fariseo ang lalaking dating bulag. 14 Araw ng Sabbath noon nang gumawa ng putik si Jesus at pagalingin ang kanyang mga mata, 15 kaya nagsimula ring magtanong ang mga Fariseo sa lalaki kung paano siya muling nakakita. Sinabi niya sa kanila, “Pinahiran niya ng putik ang aking mga mata. Pagkatapos ay naghilamos ako, at ngayo’y nakakakita na ako.” 16 Ilan sa mga Fariseo ay nagsabing, “Ang taong ito ay hindi mula sa Diyos, dahil hindi niya sinusunod ang batas ng Sabbath.” Subalit ang iba naman ay nagsabi rin, “Paanong makagagawa ng mga himalang tulad nito ang isang makasalanang tao?” At sila ay nagkahati-hati. 17 Kaya sinabi uli nila sa bulag, “Ano'ng masasabi mo tungkol sa kanya na nagbigay sa iyo ng paningin?” Sinabi niya, “Siya ay propeta.”
18 Hindi makapaniwala ang mga Judio na siyang dating bulag ay nakakakita na. Kaya tinawag nila ang kanyang mga magulang 19 at tinanong nila ang mga ito, “Ito ba ang inyong anak na sinasabi ninyong ipinanganak na bulag? Paanong nangyari na nakakakita na siya ngayon?” 20 Sumagot ang kanyang mga magulang, “Alam naming siya ang aming anak, at siya ay ipinanganak na bulag. 21 Pero, hindi namin alam kung bakit nakakakita na siya ngayon, at kung sino ang nagpagaling sa kanya. Tanungin ninyo siya. Nasa tamang gulang na siya para magpaliwanag tungkol sa kanyang sarili.” 22 Sinabi ito ng mga magulang niya dahil takot sila sa mga Judio; nagkasundo na kasi ang mga Judio na ang sinumang magsabi na si Jesus ang Cristo ay palalayasin sa sinagoga. 23 Kaya sinabi ng mga magulang niya, “May sapat na gulang na siya; tanungin ninyo siya.” 24 Sa pangalawang pagkakataon, tinawag nilang muli ang lalaking dating bulag, at sinabi sa kanya, “Magbigay-luwalhati ka sa Diyos! Alam naming makasalanan ang taong iyon.” 25 Sumagot siya, “Hindi ko alam kung siya nga ay makasalanan. Isang bagay ang nalalaman ko, na ako ay dating bulag, at ngayon ay nakakakita na.” 26 Sinabi nila sa kanya, “Ano ang ginawa niya sa iyo? Paano niya pinagaling ang iyong mga mata?” 27 Sumagot siya sa kanila, “Sinabi ko na sa inyo, ngunit ayaw ninyong makinig. Bakit gusto ninyong marinig ito ulit? Gusto rin ba ninyong maging mga alagad niya?” 28 Kaya't pinagsabihan nila siya nang masakit, “Ikaw ay alagad niya, ngunit kami ay mga alagad ni Moises. 29 Alam naming nangusap ang Diyos kay Moises, ngunit ang taong iyon, hindi namin alam kung saan siya galing.” 30 Sumagot ang lalaki, “Nakapagtataka naman ito! Hindi ninyo alam kung saan siya galing, pero siya ang nagpagaling ng mga mata ko. 31 Alam nating ang Diyos ay hindi nakikinig sa mga makasalanan, at siya ay nakikinig sa sumasamba sa kanya at gumagawa ng kalooban niya. 32 Simula pa noon, wala pang nabalitaang sinuman na nagpagaling ng mga mata ng isang ipinanganak na bulag. 33 Kung ang taong ito ay hindi galing sa Diyos, wala siyang magagawa.” 34 Sumagot sila sa kanya, “Ipinanganak kang makasalanan at tinuturuan mo kami?” At pinalayas nila ang lalaki.
35 Narinig ni Jesus na itinaboy nila ang lalaki, at nang matagpuan niya ito'y sinabi niya, “Naniniwala ka ba sa Anak ng Tao?” 36 Sumagot ang lalaki, “Sino siya, ginoo? Sabihin mo sa akin upang maniwala ako sa kanya.” 37 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Nakita mo na siya, siya ngayon ang nagsasalita sa iyo.” 38 Sinabi niya, “Panginoon, naniniwala ako.” At sinamba niya si Jesus. 39 Sinabi ni Jesus, “Nagpunta ako rito sa sanlibutan upang humatol; at upang ang mga hindi nakakakita ay makakita, at ang mga nakakakita ay maging bulag.” 40 Narinig ito ng ilan sa mga Fariseong naroon kaya sinabi sa kanya, “Bulag din ba kami?” 41 Sinabi sa kanila ni Jesus, “Kung kayo ay bulag, hindi sana kayo nagkasala. Ngunit ngayong sinasabi ninyong nakakakita kayo, ang kasalanan ay nananatili sa inyo.
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