John Chapter 9
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The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come?
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And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
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I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe that I am
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he, ye shall die in your sins.
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They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? Jesus said unto them, Even that which I have also spoken unto you from the beginning.
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I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you: howbeit he that sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these speak I unto the world.
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They perceived not that he spake to them of the Father.
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Jesus therefore said, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am
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he, and
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that I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I speak these things.
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And he that sent me is with me; he hath not left me alone; for I do always the things that are pleasing to him.
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As he spake these things, many believed on him.
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Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word,
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then are ye truly my disciples;
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and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
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They answered unto him, We are Abraham’s seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
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Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.
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And the bondservant abideth not in the house for ever: the son abideth for ever.
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If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
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I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.
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I speak the things which I have seen with
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my Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from
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your father.
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They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
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But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.
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Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father,
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even God.
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Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.
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Why do ye not understand my speech?
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Even because ye cannot hear my word.
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Ye are of
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your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.
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But because I say the truth, ye believe me not.
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Which of you convicteth me of sin? If I say truth, why do ye not believe me?
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He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear
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them not, because ye are not of God.
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The Jews answered and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?
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Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me.
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But I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my word, he shall never see death.
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The Jews said unto him, Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my word, he shall never taste of death.
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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And as he passed on, he saw a man blind from birth.
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And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this [man] or his parents, that he should be born blind?
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Jesus answered, Neither has this [man] sinned nor his parents, but that the works ofGod should be manifested in him.
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I must work the works of him that has sent me while it is day. [The] night is coming, when no one can work.
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As long as I am in the world, I am [the] light of the world.
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Having said these things, he spat on the ground and made mud of the spittle, and put the mud, as ointment, on his eyes.
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And he said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, which is interpreted, Sent. He went therefore and washed, and came seeing.
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The neighbours therefore, and those who used to see him before, that he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that was sitting and begging?
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Some said, It is he; others said, No, but he is like him: he said, It is I.
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They said therefore to him, How have thine eyes been opened?
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He answered [and said], A man called Jesus made mud and anointed mine eyes, and said to me, Go to Siloam and wash: and having gone and washed, I saw.
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They said therefore to him, Where is he? He says, I do not know.
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They bring him who was before blind to the Pharisees.
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Now it was sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.
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The Pharisees therefore also again asked him how he received his sight. And he said to them, He put mud upon mine eyes, and I washed, and I see.
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Some of the Pharisees therefore said, This man is not ofGod, for he does not keep the sabbath. Others said, How can a sinful man perform such signs? And there was a division among them.
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They say therefore again to the blind [man], What dost thou say of him, that he has opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.
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The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him that he was blind and had received sight, until they had called the parents of him that had received sight.
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And they asked them saying, This is your son, of whom ye say that he was born blind: how then does he now see?
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His parents answered [them] and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
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but how he now sees we do not know, or who has opened his eyes we do not know. He is of age: ask him; he will speak concerning himself.
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His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if any one confessed him [to be the] Christ, he should be excommunicated from the synagogue.
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On this account his parents said, He is of age: ask him.
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They called therefore a second time the man who had been blind, and said to him, Give glory toGod: we know that this man is sinful.
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He answered therefore, If he is sinful I know not. One thing I know, that, being blind [before], now I see.
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And they said to him again, What did he do to thee? how opened he thine eyes?
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He answered them, I told you already and ye did not hear: why do ye desire to hear again? do ye also wish to become his disciples?
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They railed at him, and said, Thou art his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
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We know thatGod spoke to Moses; but [as to] this [man], we know not whence he is.
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The man answered and said to them, Now in this is a wonderful thing, that ye do not know whence he is, and he has opened mine eyes.
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[But] we know thatGod does not hear sinners; but if any one beGod-fearing and do his will, him he hears.
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Since time was, it has not been heard that any one opened the eyes of one born blind.
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If this [man] were not ofGod he would be able to do nothing.
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They answered and said to him, Thou hast been wholly born in sins, and thou teachest us? And they cast him out.
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Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him, he said to him, Thou, dost thou believe on the Son ofGod?
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He answered and said, And who is he, Lord, that I may believe on him?
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And Jesus said to him, Thou hast both seen him, and he that speaks with thee is he.
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And he said, I believe, Lord: and he did him homage.
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And Jesus said, For judgment am I come into this world, that they which see not may see, and they which see may become blind.
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And [some] of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, Are we blind also?
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Jesus said to them, If ye were blind ye would not have sin; but now ye say, We see, your sin remains.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Et præteriens Iesus vidit hominem cæcum a nativitate:
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et interrogaverunt eum discipuli eius: Rabbi, quis peccavit, hic, aut parentes eius, ut cæcus nasceretur?
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Respondit Iesus: Neque hic peccavit, neque parentes eius: sed ut manifestentur opera Dei in illo.
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Me oportet operari opera eius, qui misit me, donec dies est: venit nox, quando nemo potest operari.
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quamdiu sum in mundo, lux sum mundi.
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Hæc cum dixisset, expuit in terram, et fecit lutum ex sputo, et linivit lutum super oculos eius,
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et dixit ei: Vade, lava in natatoria Siloe (quod interpretatur Missus.) Abiit ergo, et lavit, et venit videns.
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Itaque vicini, et qui viderant eum prius quia mendicus erat, dicebant: Nonne hic est, qui sedebat, et mendicabat? Alii dicebant: Quia hic est.
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Alii autem: Nequaquam, sed similis est ei. Ille vero dicebat: Quia ego sum.
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Dicebant ergo ei: Quomodo aperti sunt tibi oculi?
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Respondit: Ille homo, qui dicitur Iesus, lutum fecit: et unxit oculos meos, et dixit mihi: Vade ad natatoria Siloe, et lava. Et abii, et lavi, et video.
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Et dixerunt ei: Ubi est ille? Ait: Nescio.
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Adducunt eum ad Pharisæos, qui cæcus fuerat.
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Erat autem sabbatum quando lutum fecit Iesus, et aperuit oculos eius.
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Iterum ergo interrogabant eum Pharisæi quomodo vidisset. Ille autem dixit eis: Lutum mihi posuit super oculos, et lavi, et video.
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Dicebant ergo ex Pharisæis quidam: Non est hic homo a Deo, qui sabbatum non custodit. Alii autem dicebant: Quomodo potest homo peccator hæc signa facere? Et schisma erat inter eos.
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Dicunt ergo cæco iterum: Tu quid dicis de illo, qui aperuit oculos tuos? Ille autem dixit: Quia propheta est.
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Non crediderunt ergo Iudæi de illo, quia cæcus fuisset et vidisset, donec vocaverunt parentes eius, qui viderat:
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et interrogaverunt eos, dicentes: Hic est filius vester, quem vos dicitis quia cæcus natus est? Quomodo ergo nunc videt?
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Responderunt eis parentes eius, et dixerunt: Scimus quia hic est filius noster, et quia cæcus natus est:
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quomodo autem nunc videat, nescimus: aut quis eius aperuit oculos, nos nescimus: ipsum interrogate: ætatem habet, ipse de se loquatur.
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Hæc dixerunt parentes eius, quoniam timebant Iudæos: iam enim conspiraverunt Iudæi, ut si quis eum confiteretur esse Christum, extra synagogam fieret.
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Propterea parentes eius dixerunt: Quia ætatem habet, ipsum interrogate.
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Vocaverunt ergo rursum hominem, qui fuerat cæcus, et dixerunt ei: Da gloriam Deo. nos scimus quia hic homo peccator est.
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Dixit ergo eis ille: Si peccator est, nescio: unum scio, quia cæcus cum essem, modo video.
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Dixerunt ergo illi: Quid fecit tibi? quomodo aperuit tibi oculos?
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Respondit eis: Dixi vobis iam, et audistis: quod iterum vultis audire? numquid et vos vultis discipuli eius fieri?
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Maledixerunt ergo ei, et dixerunt: Tu discipulus illius sis: nos autem Moysi discipuli sumus.
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Nos scimus quia Moysi locutus est Deus: hunc autem nescimus unde sit.
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Respondit ille homo, et dixit eis: In hoc enim mirabile est quia vos nescitis unde sit, et aperuit meos oculos:
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scimus autem quia peccatores Deus non audit: sed si quis Dei cultor est, et voluntatem eius facit, hunc exaudit.
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A sæculo non est auditum quia quis aperuit oculos cæci nati.
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Nisi esset hic a Deo, non poterat facere quidquam.
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Responderunt, et dixerunt ei: In peccatis natus es totus, et tu doces nos? Et eiecerunt eum foras.
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Audivit Iesus quia eiecerunt eum foras: et cum invenisset eum, dixit ei: Tu credis in Filium Dei?
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Respondit ille, et dixit: Quis est, Domine, ut credam in eum?
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Et dixit ei Iesus: Et vidisti eum, et qui loquitur tecum, ipse est.
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At ille ait: Credo Domine. Et procidens adoravit eum.
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Et dixit Iesus: In iudicium ego in hunc mundum veni: ut qui non vident videant, et qui vident cæci fiant.
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Et audierunt quidam ex Pharisæis, qui cum ipso erant, et dixerunt ei: Numquid et nos cæci sumus?
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Dixit eis Iesus: Si cæci essetis, non haberetis peccatum. nunc vero dicitis: Quia videmus. Peccatum vestrum manet.
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As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.
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His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
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Jesus answered, “This man didn’t sin, nor did his parents, but that the works of God might be revealed in him.
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I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
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While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
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When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man’s eyes with the mud,
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and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.
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Therefore the neighbors and those who saw that he was blind before said, “Isn’t this he who sat and begged?”
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Others were saying, “It is he.” Still others were saying, “He looks like him.” He said, “I am he.”
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They therefore were asking him, “How were your eyes opened?”
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He answered, “A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went away and washed, and I received sight.”
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Then they asked him, “Where is he?” He said, “I don’t know.”
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They brought him who had been blind to the Pharisees.
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It was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.
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Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see.”
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Some therefore of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn’t keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” So there was division among them.
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Therefore they asked the blind man again, “What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”
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The Jews therefore didn’t believe concerning him, that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,
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and asked them, “Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”
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His parents answered them, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
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but how he now sees, we don’t know; or who opened his eyes, we don’t know. He is of age. Ask him. He will speak for himself.”
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His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
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Therefore his parents said, “He is of age. Ask him.”
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So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”
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He therefore answered, “I don’t know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see.”
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They said to him again, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
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He answered them, “I told you already, and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don’t also want to become his disciples, do you?”
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They insulted him and said, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
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We know that God has spoken to Moses. But as for this man, we don’t know where he comes from.”
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The man answered them, “How amazing! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.
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We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, he listens to him.
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Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind.
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If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
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They answered him, “You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?” Then they threw him out.
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Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of God?”
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He answered, “Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?”
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Jesus said to him, “You have both seen him, and it is he who speaks with you.”
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He said, “Lord, I believe!” and he worshiped him.
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Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”
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Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?”
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Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.
wh1881 (wh1881) - Westcott-Hort Greek NT 1881 eBible USFM
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και παραγων ειδεν ανθρωπον τυφλον εκ γενετης
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και ηρωτησαν αυτον οι μαθηται αυτου λεγοντες ραββι τις ημαρτεν ουτος η οι γονεις αυτου ινα τυφλος γεννηθη
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απεκριθη ιησους ουτε ουτος ημαρτεν ουτε οι γονεις αυτου αλλ ινα φανερωθη τα εργα του θεου εν αυτω
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ημας δει εργαζεσθαι τα εργα του πεμψαντος με εως ημερα εστιν ερχεται νυξ οτε ουδεις δυναται εργαζεσθαι
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οταν εν τω κοσμω ω φως ειμι του κοσμου
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ταυτα ειπων επτυσεν χαμαι και εποιησεν πηλον εκ του πτυσματος και επεθηκεν αυτου τον πηλον επι τους οφθαλμους
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και ειπεν αυτω υπαγε νιψαι εις την κολυμβηθραν του σιλωαμ ο ερμηνευεται απεσταλμενος απηλθεν ουν και ενιψατο και ηλθεν βλεπων
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οι ουν γειτονες και οι θεωρουντες αυτον το προτερον οτι προσαιτης ην ελεγον ουχ ουτος εστιν ο καθημενος και προσαιτων
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αλλοι ελεγον οτι ουτος εστιν αλλοι ελεγον ουχι αλλα ομοιος αυτω εστιν εκεινος ελεγεν οτι εγω ειμι
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ελεγον ουν αυτω πως [ουν] ηνεωχθησαν σου οι οφθαλμοι
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απεκριθη εκεινος ο ανθρωπος ο λεγομενος ιησους πηλον εποιησεν και επεχρισεν μου τους οφθαλμους και ειπεν μοι οτι υπαγε εις τον σιλωαμ και νιψαι απελθων ουν και νιψαμενος ανεβλεψα
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και ειπαν αυτω που εστιν εκεινος λεγει ουκ οιδα
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αγουσιν αυτον προς τους φαρισαιους τον ποτε τυφλον
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ην δε σαββατον εν η ημερα τον πηλον εποιησεν ο ιησους και ανεωξεν αυτου τους οφθαλμους
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παλιν ουν ηρωτων αυτον και οι φαρισαιοι πως ανεβλεψεν ο δε ειπεν αυτοις πηλον επεθηκεν μου επι τους οφθαλμους και ενιψαμην και βλεπω
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ελεγον ουν εκ των φαρισαιων τινες ουκ εστιν ουτος παρα θεου ο ανθρωπος οτι το σαββατον ου τηρει αλλοι [δε] ελεγον πως δυναται ανθρωπος αμαρτωλος τοιαυτα σημεια ποιειν και σχισμα ην εν αυτοις
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λεγουσιν ουν τω τυφλω παλιν τι συ λεγεις περι αυτου οτι ηνεωξεν σου τους οφθαλμους ο δε ειπεν οτι προφητης εστιν
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ουκ επιστευσαν ουν οι ιουδαιοι περι αυτου οτι ην τυφλος και ανεβλεψεν εως οτου εφωνησαν τους γονεις αυτου του αναβλεψαντος
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και ηρωτησαν αυτους λεγοντες ουτος εστιν ο υιος υμων ον υμεις λεγετε οτι τυφλος εγεννηθη πως ουν βλεπει αρτι
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απεκριθησαν ουν οι γονεις αυτου και ειπαν οιδαμεν οτι ουτος εστιν ο υιος ημων και οτι τυφλος εγεννηθη
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πως δε νυν βλεπει ουκ οιδαμεν η τις ηνοιξεν αυτου τους οφθαλμους ημεις ουκ οιδαμεν αυτον ερωτησατε ηλικιαν εχει αυτος περι εαυτου λαλησει
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ταυτα ειπαν οι γονεις αυτου οτι εφοβουντο τους ιουδαιους ηδη γαρ συνετεθειντο οι ιουδαιοι ινα εαν τις αυτον ομολογηση χριστον αποσυναγωγος γενηται
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δια τουτο οι γονεις αυτου ειπαν οτι ηλικιαν εχει αυτον επερωτησατε
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εφωνησαν ουν τον ανθρωπον εκ δευτερου ος ην τυφλος και ειπαν αυτω δος δοξαν τω θεω ημεις οιδαμεν οτι ουτος ο ανθρωπος αμαρτωλος εστιν
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απεκριθη ουν εκεινος ει αμαρτωλος εστιν ουκ οιδα εν οιδα οτι τυφλος ων αρτι βλεπω
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ειπαν ουν αυτω τι εποιησεν σοι πως ηνοιξεν σου τους οφθαλμους
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απεκριθη αυτοις ειπον υμιν ηδη και ουκ ηκουσατε τι παλιν θελετε ακουειν μη και υμεις θελετε αυτου μαθηται γενεσθαι
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και ελοιδορησαν αυτον και ειπαν συ μαθητης ει εκεινου ημεις δε του μωυσεως εσμεν μαθηται
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ημεις οιδαμεν οτι μωυσει λελαληκεν ο θεος τουτον δε ουκ οιδαμεν ποθεν εστιν
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απεκριθη ο ανθρωπος και ειπεν αυτοις εν τουτω γαρ το θαυμαστον εστιν οτι υμεις ουκ οιδατε ποθεν εστιν και ηνοιξεν μου τους οφθαλμους
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οιδαμεν οτι ο θεος αμαρτωλων ουκ ακουει αλλ εαν τις θεοσεβης η και το θελημα αυτου ποιη τουτου ακουει
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εκ του αιωνος ουκ ηκουσθη οτι ηνεωξεν τις οφθαλμους τυφλου γεγεννημενου
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ει μη ην ουτος παρα θεου ουκ ηδυνατο ποιειν ουδεν
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απεκριθησαν και ειπαν αυτω εν αμαρτιαις συ εγεννηθης ολος και συ διδασκεις ημας και εξεβαλον αυτον εξω
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ηκουσεν ιησους οτι εξεβαλον αυτον εξω και ευρων αυτον ειπεν συ πιστευεις εις τον υιον του ανθρωπου
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απεκριθη εκεινος [και ειπεν] και τις εστιν κυριε ινα πιστευσω εις αυτον
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ειπεν αυτω ο ιησους και εωρακας αυτον και ο λαλων μετα σου εκεινος εστιν
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ο δε εφη πιστευω κυριε και προσεκυνησεν αυτω
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και ειπεν ο ιησους εις κριμα εγω εις τον κοσμον τουτον ηλθον ινα οι μη βλεποντες βλεπωσιν και οι βλεποντες τυφλοι γενωνται
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ηκουσαν εκ των φαρισαιων ταυτα οι μετ αυτου οντες και ειπαν αυτω μη και ημεις τυφλοι εσμεν
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ειπεν αυτοις [ο] ιησους ει τυφλοι ητε ουκ αν ειχετε αμαρτιαν νυν δε λεγετε οτι βλεπομεν η αμαρτια υμων μενει
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And passing by, he saw a man blind from birth,
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and his disciples asked him, saying, `Rabbi, who did sin, this one or his parents, that he should be born blind?'
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Jesus answered, `Neither did this one sin nor his parents, but that the works of God may be manifested in him;
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it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: --
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when I am in the world, I am a light of the world.'
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These things saying, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and rubbed the clay on the eyes of the blind man, and said to him,
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`Go away, wash at the pool of Siloam,' which is, interpreted, Sent. He went away, therefore, and did wash, and came seeing;
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the neighbours, therefore, and those seeing him before, that he was blind, said, `Is not this he who is sitting and begging?'
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others said--`This is he;' and others--`He is like to him;' he himself said, --`I am <FI>he<Fi> .'
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They said, therefore, to him, `How were thine eyes opened?'
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he answered and said, `A man called Jesus made clay, and rubbed my eyes, and said to me, Go away to the pool of Siloam, and wash; and having gone away and having washed, I received sight;'
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they said, therefore, to him, `Where is that one?' he saith, `I have not known.'
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They bring him to the Pharisees who once <FI>was<Fi> blind,
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and it was a sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
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Again, therefore, the Pharisees also were asking him how he received sight, and he said to them, `Clay he did put upon my eyes, and I did wash--and I see.'
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Of the Pharisees, therefore, certain said, `This man is not from God, because the sabbath he doth not keep;' others said, `How is a man--a sinful one--able to do such signs?' and there was a division among them.
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They said to the blind man again, `Thou--what dost thou say of him--that he opened thine eyes?'
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and he said--`He is a prophet.' The Jews, therefore, did not believe concerning him that he was blind and did receive sight, till that they called the parents of him who received sight,
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and they asked them, saying, `Is your son, of whom ye say that he was born blind? how then now doth he see?'
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His parents answered them and said, `We have known that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
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and how he now seeth, we have not known; or who opened his eyes, we have not known; himself is of age, ask him; he himself shall speak concerning himself.'
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These things said his parents, because they were afraid of the Jews, for already had the Jews agreed together, that if any one may confess him--Christ, he may be put out of the synagogue;
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because of this his parents said--`He is of age, ask him.'
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They called, therefore, a second time the man who was blind, and they said to him, `Give glory to God, we have known that this man is a sinner;'
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he answered, therefore, and said, `If he be a sinner--I have not known, one thing I have known, that, being blind, now I see.'
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And they said to him again, `What did he to thee? how did he open thine eyes?'
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He answered them, `I told you already, and ye did not hear; why again do ye wish to hear? do ye also wish to become his disciples?'
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They reviled him, therefore, and said, `Thou art his disciple, and we are Moses' disciples;
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we have known that God hath spoken to Moses, but this one--we have not known whence he is.'
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The man answered and said to them, `Why, in this is a wonderful thing, that ye have not known whence he is, and he opened my eyes!
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and we have known that God doth not hear sinners, but, if any one may be a worshipper of God, and may do His will, him He doth hear;
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from the age it was not heard, that any one did open eyes of one who hath been born blind;
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if this one were not from God, he were not able to do anything.'
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They answered and said to him, `In sins thou wast born altogether, and thou dost teach us!' and they cast him forth without.
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Jesus heard that they cast him forth without, and having found him, he said to him, `Dost thou believe in the Son of God?'
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he answered and said, `Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?'
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And Jesus said to him, `Thou hast both seen him, and he who is speaking with thee is he;'
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and he said, `I believe, sir,' and bowed before him.
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And Jesus said, `For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.'
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And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, `Are we also blind?'
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Jesus said to them, `If ye were blind, ye were not having had sin, but now ye say--We see, therefore doth your sin remain.
Explanations by Age Level
Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).