Passage Research
John 9 — Sermon Preparation
The sixth sign — a man born blind receives sight — sparks a prolonged investigation and confrontation with the Pharisees. Below is a research summary for John 9, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
- 35
- classic sermon excerpts
- 6
- preachers & commentators
John 9 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| τυφλός | typhlós | G5185 | 13 | blind |
| ὀφθαλμός | ophthalmós | G3788 | 10 | eye, sight |
| οἶδα | eídō | G1492 | 11 | be aware, behold, can, consider |
| βλέπω | blépō | G991 | 9 | behold, beware, lie, look |
| γονεύς | goneús | G1118 | 6 | parent |
| ἀνοίγω | anoígō | G455 | 7 | open |
| πηλός | pēlós | G4081 | 5 | clay |
How preachers through history handled this text
35 public-domain excerpts on John 9, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“As Christ's mercies are most valued by those who have felt the want of them, that have been blind, and now see; so the most powerful and lasting affections to Christ, arise from actual knowledge of him. In the work of grace in the soul, though we cannot tell when, and how, and by what steps the blessed change was wrought, yet we may take the comfort, if we can say, through grace, Whereas I was blind, now I see. I did live a worldly, sensual life, but, thanks be to God, it is now otherwise with me, Eph 5:8. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on John 9:24–34 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Siloam— John 9:11
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