John 9

Part of Light of the World and the Good Shepherd📖 John introduction

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¹Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. ²And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” ✦ ³Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him. ✦ ⁴I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. ✦ ⁵As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” ✦ ⁶When 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. ✦ ⁷And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing. ✦ ⁸Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind said, “Is not this he who sat and begged?” ✦ ⁹Some said, “This is he.” Others said, “He is like him.” He said, “I am he.” ¹⁰Therefore they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?” ✦ ¹¹He answered and said, “A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received sight.” ✦ ¹²Then they said to him, “Where is He?” He said, “I do not know.” ✦ ¹³They brought him who formerly was blind to the Pharisees. ✦ ¹⁴Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. ✦ ¹⁵Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He said to them, “He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” ✦ ¹⁶Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them. ✦ ¹⁷They said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him because He opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.” ✦ ¹⁸But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight. ✦ ¹⁹And they asked them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” ✦ ²⁰His parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; ²¹but by what means he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. He is of age; ask him. He will speak for himself.” ²²His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue. ✦ ²³Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.” ✦ ²⁴So they again called the man who was blind, and said to him, “Give God the glory! We know that this Man is a sinner.” ✦ ²⁵He answered and said, “Whether He is a sinner or not I do not know. One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see.” ✦ ²⁶Then they said to him again, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?” ²⁷He answered them, “I told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?” ✦ ²⁸Then they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples. ✦ ²⁹We know that God spoke to Moses; as for this fellow, we do not know where He is from.” ✦ ³⁰The man answered and said to them, “Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He has opened my eyes! ✦ ³¹Now we know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him. ✦ ³²Since the world began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind. ✦ ³³If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing.” ✦ ³⁴They answered and said to him, “You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?” And they cast him out. ✦ ³⁵Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said to him, “Do you believe in the Son of God?” ✦ ³⁶He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?” ✦ ³⁷And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and it is He who is talking with you.” ✦ ³⁸Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he worshiped Him. ✦ ³⁹And Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.” ✦ ⁴⁰Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him, “Are we blind also?” ✦ ⁴¹Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

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Christ at the center

John declares him plainly: the eternal Word made flesh, the Lamb of God, the great 'I AM' — bread, light, door, shepherd, way, truth, life, resurrection — that you may believe and have life in his name.

How John 9 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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★ Start hereDocumentaryFollowing the MessiahAppian Media · Free · evangelical
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★ Start hereSermonMLJ Trust — Martyn Lloyd-Jones sermonsMartyn Lloyd-Jones · Free · reformed
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Decades of careful verse-by-verse expository sermons, especially through the New Testament. (MacArthur, d. 2025; archive remains free.)
SermonGospel in Life — Tim KellerTim Keller · Free · reformed
Tim Keller's gospel-centered preaching — sermons stream free (the complete downloadable archive is paid).
ArticleRecommended NT commentaries (9Marks / Schreiner)Thomas R. Schreiner · Free · reformed
A trusted pastor-oriented guide to the best commentary on each New Testament book.
SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical
Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.
VideoVerse By Verse Ministry InternationalVerse By Verse Ministry Int'l · Free · evangelical
In-depth, verse-by-verse expository teaching book-by-book — strong for working straight through a whole New Testament book.
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Watch Piper trace the logic of a passage phrase by phrase on screen — a model of close reading.

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★ Start hereApologeticsGary Habermas — the resurrectionGary Habermas · Free · evangelical
130+ free videos and lectures from the scholar behind the "minimal facts" method — the start-here on the historical evidence for the resurrection. (Only his books are paid.)
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The go-to mid-level exegetical commentary on John — rigorous and readable.

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VideoBibleProject — John videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical
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Sermons and chapter teaching from across YouTube.
CommentaryEnduring Word — John 9David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical
Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.
CommentaryMatthew Henry on JohnMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — John 9Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free
Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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