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John 9:7 KJV
John · chapter 9 · verse 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.John 9:7 · King James Version
John 9:7 in context
5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
6When 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,
7And 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.
8The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
9Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- interpretationhermēneuōto explain in words, expound, to interpret, to translate what has been spoken or written…G2059 →
- SiloamsilōamSiloam = " sent" , the Pool of Siloam, a fountain of water in Jerusalem, also…G4611 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- washniptōto wash, to wash one's selfG3538 →
- poolkolymbēthraa place for diving, a swimming hole, a reservoir or pool for bathingG2861 →
- cameerchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
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We have here sight given to a poor beggar that had been blind from his birth. Observe, I. The notice which our Lord Jesus took of the piteous case of this poor blind man (Joh 9:1): As Jesus passed by he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7