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href="/wiki/File:P._Oxy._208_(J_16,14-22).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/P._Oxy._208_%28J_16%2C14-22%29.jpg/250px-P._Oxy._208_%28J_16%2C14-22%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="578" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/P._Oxy._208_%28J_16%2C14-22%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="265" data-file-height="766" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><div style="width: 250px; text-align: center; line-height: 1em">John 16:14-22 on the <i>recto</i> side of <a href="/wiki/Papyrus_5" class="mw-redirect" title="Papyrus 5">Papyrus 5</a>, written about AD 250</div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Book</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">Gospel of John</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Category</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gospel" title="Gospel">Gospel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Christian Bible part</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Order in the Christian part</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John 9</b> is the ninth chapter of the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">Gospel of John</a> in the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a>. It maintains the <a href="/wiki/John_8" title="John 8">previous chapter</a>'s theme "Jesus is light",<sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> recording the <a href="/wiki/Healing_the_man_blind_from_birth" title="Healing the man blind from birth">healing of an unnamed man who had been blind from birth</a>, a miracle performed by <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, and their subsequent dealings with the <a href="/wiki/Pharisees" title="Pharisees">Pharisees</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Halley_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Halley-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The man born blind comes to complete faith in Jesus, while some of the Pharisees remain in their sin.<sup id="cite_ref-oxford_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oxford-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The author of the book containing this chapter is <a href="/wiki/Anonymity" title="Anonymity">anonymous</a>, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that <a href="/wiki/John_the_Evangelist" title="John the Evangelist">John</a> composed this <a href="/wiki/Gospel" title="Gospel">Gospel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Holman_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holman-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Text">Text</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_9&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Text"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original text was written in <a href="/wiki/Koine_Greek" title="Koine Greek">Koine Greek</a>. <a href="/wiki/Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible" title="Chapters and verses of the Bible">This chapter is divided into</a> 41 verses. Some early <a href="/wiki/Biblical_manuscript" title="Biblical manuscript">manuscripts</a> containing the text of this chapter are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_75" title="Papyrus 75">Papyrus 75</a> (AD 175–225)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_66" title="Papyrus 66">Papyrus 66</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 200)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Vaticanus" title="Codex Vaticanus">Codex Vaticanus</a> (325–350)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus" title="Codex Sinaiticus">Codex Sinaiticus</a> (330–360)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Bezae" title="Codex Bezae">Codex Bezae</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 400)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Alexandrinus" title="Codex Alexandrinus">Codex Alexandrinus</a> (400–440)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Ephraemi_Rescriptus" title="Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus">Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 450; extant verses 1–10)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_128" title="Papyrus 128">Papyrus 128</a> (6th/7th century; extant verses 3–4)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Themes_in_this_chapter">Themes in this chapter</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_9&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Themes in this chapter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>René Kieffer notes the similarity between this chapter and <a href="/wiki/John_5" title="John 5">chapter 5</a>, where another healing at a pool on the sabbath day is recounted. In chapter 9, the "progressive insight" of the man born blind is a central motif in the narrative.<sup id="cite_ref-oxford_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oxford-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Messianic" class="mw-redirect" title="Messianic">messianic</a> significance of the story is noted in the <a href="/wiki/New_English_Translation" title="New English Translation">New English Translation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The progress of the narrative can be seen in the sub-headings used by the <a href="/wiki/New_King_James_Version" title="New King James Version">New King James Version</a>: </p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+9:1–12&version=nkjv">John 9:1–12</a> = <a href="/wiki/Healing_the_man_blind_from_birth" title="Healing the man blind from birth">A Man Born Blind Receives Sight</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+9:13–34&version=nkjv">John 9:13–34</a> = The Pharisees <a href="/wiki/Excommunication#Judaism" title="Excommunication">Excommunicate</a> the Healed Man</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+9:35–41&version=nkjv">John 9:35–41</a> = True Vision and True Blindness</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location">Location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_9&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jesus and His disciples are said to be "passing by" or "going along",<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and there is no indication yet that they have left <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>, the scene of the narrative in <a href="/wiki/John_7" title="John 7">chapters 7</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_8" title="John 8">8</a>. Jesus sends the man he heals to the <a href="/wiki/Pool_of_Siloam" title="Pool of Siloam">Pool of Siloam</a>, a rock-cut pool on the southern slope of Jerusalem, located outside the walls of the <a href="/wiki/Old_City_(Jerusalem)" class="mw-redirect" title="Old City (Jerusalem)">Old City</a> to the southeast. However, there are also references to a Jewish ruling that anyone who believed Jesus to be the Messiah would be excluded from the <a href="/wiki/Synagogue" title="Synagogue">synagogue</a> (<a href="#Verse_22">John 9:22</a>). There is no other New Testament reference to Jerusalem having a synagogue, but <a href="/wiki/Rabbinic_literature" title="Rabbinic literature">rabbinical tradition</a> states that there were 480 synagogues in Jerusalem at the time of the <a href="/wiki/First_Jewish%E2%80%93Roman_War" title="First Jewish–Roman War">Jewish rebellion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chronology">Chronology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_9&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Chronology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The initial events of this chapter occur on a <a href="/wiki/Sabbath_(judaism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabbath (judaism)">Sabbath</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+9:14&version=nkjv">John 9:14</a>), not necessarily connected with the <a href="/wiki/Succot" class="mw-redirect" title="Succot">Feast of Tabernacles</a> or the days immediately afterwards when the events of <a href="/wiki/John_7" title="John 7">John 7</a>-<a href="/wiki/John_8" title="John 8">8</a> took place. H. W. Watkins suggests that this was the last day, the "great day" of the Feast of Tabernacles referred to in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+7:37&version=nkjv">John 7:37</a> because "nothing has taken place which makes it necessary to suppose any interval, and though the discourses seem long, they would have occupied but a short time in delivery",<sup id="cite_ref-Watkins_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watkins-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Pulpit_Commentary" title="Pulpit Commentary">Pulpit Commentary</a> agrees that "the day may have been a festival sabbath".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nicolas_Colombel_-_Christ_Healing_the_Blind.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Nicolas_Colombel_-_Christ_Healing_the_Blind.jpg/240px-Nicolas_Colombel_-_Christ_Healing_the_Blind.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="326" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Nicolas_Colombel_-_Christ_Healing_the_Blind.jpg/360px-Nicolas_Colombel_-_Christ_Healing_the_Blind.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Nicolas_Colombel_-_Christ_Healing_the_Blind.jpg/480px-Nicolas_Colombel_-_Christ_Healing_the_Blind.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3268" data-file-height="4440" /></a><figcaption><i>Christ healing the blind</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Colombel" title="Nicolas Colombel">Nicolas Colombel</a>, 1682</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Verse_4">Verse 4</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_9&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Verse 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/New_King_James_Version" title="New King James Version">New King James Version</a> </p> <dl><dd><i>I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work.</i><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>This verse begins with "we must" (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">ἡμᾶς δεῖ</span>, <i>hemas dei</i>) in the <a href="/wiki/Westcott-Hort" class="mw-redirect" title="Westcott-Hort">Westcott-Hort</a> version <sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in the <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">New International Version</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Textus_Receptus" title="Textus Receptus">Textus Receptus</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Vulgate" title="Vulgate">Vulgate</a> both use the singular, "I must" (<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Me oportet</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The plural is "probably right".<sup id="cite_ref-oxford_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oxford-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reference to "Him who sent me" anticipates the evangelist's note that "<a href="/wiki/Siloam" class="mw-redirect" title="Siloam">Siloam</a> means 'Sent' (verse 6), meaning that Jesus, who has been sent by his Father, "is also present in this water".<sup id="cite_ref-oxford_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oxford-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Verse_14">Verse 14</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_9&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Verse 14"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.</i><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>The circumstances are similar to the <a href="/wiki/John_5#Healing_at_Bethesda" title="John 5">healing at Bethesda</a> in John 5.<sup id="cite_ref-oxford_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oxford-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Verse_22">Verse 22</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_9&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Verse 22"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>The Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He (Jesus) was Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.</i><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>"The word for ‘out of the synagogue’ (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">ἀποσυνάγωγος</span>) is peculiar to John, occurring [in] <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+12:42&version=nkjv">John 12:42</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+16:2&version=nkjv">John 16:2</a>, and nowhere else".<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The decision has been linked to the possible <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Jamnia" title="Council of Jamnia">Council of Jamnia</a> which was once thought to have decided the content of the Jewish canon sometime in the late 1st century (c. 70–90 AD).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Verse 34 confirms that "they cast him out",<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Amplified_Bible" title="Amplified Bible">Amplified Bible</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_Living_Translation" title="New Living Translation">New Living Translation</a> adding text to refer to his exclusion from the synagogue.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Verse_38">Verse 38</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_9&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Verse 38"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>Then he said, "Lord, I believe!" And he worshiped Him.</i><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Pope Paul VI</a> describes the faith evidenced in this verse as "firm and resolute, ... though always humble and diffident".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A few manuscripts, such as Papyrus 75 and Codex Sinaiticus, omit the whole of verse 38 and the beginning of verse 39.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_9&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Healing_the_man_blind_from_birth" title="Healing the man blind from birth">Healing the man blind from birth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Christ">Jesus Christ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pool_of_Siloam" title="Pool of Siloam">Pool of Siloam</a></li> <li>Other related <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a> parts: <a href="/wiki/2_Kings_20" title="2 Kings 20">2 Kings 20</a>, <a href="/wiki/2_Chronicles_32" title="2 Chronicles 32">2 Chronicles 32</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isaiah_8" title="Isaiah 8">Isaiah 8</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_9&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Watkins-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Watkins_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Watkins_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Watkins, H. 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Leipzig: Carl Winters Universitätsbuchhandlung. pp. 147–173</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+9:34&version=nkjv">John 9:34</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/BibleGateway.com" class="mw-redirect" title="BibleGateway.com">BibleGateway.com</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/John%209:34">Versions of John 9:34</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+9:38&version=nkjv">John 9:38</a>: NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pope Paul VI, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_06081964_ecclesiam.html">Ecclesiam Suam</a>, paragraph 23, published on 6 August 1964, accessed on 16 July 2024</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kieffer, R., <i>59. John</i> in Barton, J. and Muddiman, J. (2001), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://b-ok.org/dl/946961/8f5f43">The Oxford Bible Commentary</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171122193211/http://b-ok.org/dl/946961/8f5f43">Archived</a> 2017-11-22 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, p. 979</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_9&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#9:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 9</a> King James Bible - Wikisource</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Gospel_of_John_chapters" title="Category:Gospel of John chapters">Chapters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_1" title="John 1">John 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Signs" title="Book of Signs">Book of Signs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_2" title="John 2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_3" title="John 3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_4" title="John 4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_5" title="John 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_6" title="John 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Gospel_of_John_verses" title="Category:Gospel of John verses">Verses</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_1:1" title="John 1:1">John 1:1</a>–<a href="/wiki/John_1:20" title="John 1:20">20</a>; <a href="/wiki/John_1:23" title="John 1:23">23</a>; <a href="/wiki/John_1:25" title="John 1:25">25</a>–<a href="/wiki/John_1:33" title="John 1:33">33</a>; <a href="/wiki/John_1:35" title="John 1:35">35</a>–<a href="/wiki/John_1:42" title="John 1:42">42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_3:16" title="John 3:16">3:16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Via_et_veritas_et_vita" title="Via et veritas et vita">14:6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_18:38" title="John 18:38">18:38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:John_20" title="Category:John 20">20:1–31</a></li></ul> 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and the woman taken in adultery">Jesus and the woman taken in adultery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_walking_on_water" title="Jesus walking on water">Walking on water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raising_of_Lazarus" class="mw-redirect" title="Raising of Lazarus">Raising of Lazarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anointing_of_Jesus" title="Anointing of Jesus">Anointing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maundy_(foot_washing)" title="Maundy (foot washing)">Foot washing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passion_of_Jesus" title="Passion of Jesus">Passion of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Last_Supper" title="Last Supper">Last Supper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farewell_Discourse" title="Farewell Discourse">Farewell Discourse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Crucifixion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burial_of_Jesus" title="Burial of Jesus">Burial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empty_tomb" title="Empty tomb">Empty tomb</a></li> <li><a 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title="Annas">Annas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caiaphas" title="Caiaphas">Caiaphas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herod_Antipas" title="Herod Antipas">Herod Antipas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus Christ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea" title="Joseph of Arimathea">Joseph of Arimathea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judas_Iscariot" title="Judas Iscariot">Judas Iscariot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Mother of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lazarus_of_Bethany" title="Lazarus of Bethany">Lazarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malchus" title="Malchus">Malchus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha" title="Martha">Martha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Magdalene" title="Mary Magdalene">Mary Magdalene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Bethany" title="Mary of Bethany">Mary, sister of Martha</a></li> <li><a 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Johannine literature">Holy Spirit</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Textual_variants_in_the_Gospel_of_John" title="Textual variants in the Gospel of John">Textual variants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apocryphon_of_John" title="Apocryphon of John">Apocryphon of John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Apocalypse_of_John" title="Second Apocalypse of John">Second Apocalypse of John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Gospel_According_to_John_(Pillar_New_Testament_Commentary)" title="The Gospel According to John (Pillar New Testament Commentary)">Pillar New Testament Commentary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/St_John_Passion" title="St John Passion">St John Passion</a></i> (J. S. Bach, 1724) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St_John_Passion_structure" title="St John Passion structure">Structure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_John_Passion_discography" title="St John Passion discography">Discography</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Passio_(P%C3%A4rt)" title="Passio (Pärt)">Passio</a></i> (Pärt, 1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Johannes-Passion_(Gubaidulina)" title="Johannes-Passion (Gubaidulina)">Johannes-Passion</a></i> (Gubaidulina, 2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gospel_of_John_(2003_film)" title="The Gospel of John (2003 film)">The Gospel of John</a></i> (2003 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gospel_of_John_(2014_film)" title="The Gospel of John (2014 film)">The Gospel of John</a></i> (2014 film)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Manuscripts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_2" title="Papyrus 2">Papyrus 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_5" class="mw-redirect" title="Papyrus 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_6" title="Papyrus 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_22" title="Papyrus 22">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_28" title="Papyrus 28">28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_36" title="Papyrus 36">36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_39" title="Papyrus 39">39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_44" title="Papyrus 44">44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_45" title="Papyrus 45">45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rylands_Library_Papyrus_P52" title="Rylands Library Papyrus P52">52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_55" title="Papyrus 55">55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_59" title="Papyrus 59">59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_60" title="Papyrus 60">60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_63" title="Papyrus 63">63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_66" title="Papyrus 66">66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_75" title="Papyrus 75">75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_76" title="Papyrus 76">76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_80" title="Papyrus 80">80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_84" title="Papyrus 84">84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_90" title="Papyrus 90">90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_93" title="Papyrus 93">93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_95" title="Papyrus 95">95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_106" title="Papyrus 106">106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_107" title="Papyrus 107">107</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_108" title="Papyrus 108">108</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_109" title="Papyrus 109">109</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_119" title="Papyrus 119">119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_120" title="Papyrus 120">120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_121" title="Papyrus 121">121</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_122" title="Papyrus 122">122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_128" title="Papyrus 128">128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohrid_Glagolitic_fragments" title="Ohrid Glagolitic fragments">Ohrid Glagolitic fragments</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sources</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/el:%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AC_%CE%99%CF%89%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CE%BD" class="extiw" title="wikisource:el:Κατά Ιωάννην">Greek Text</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/la:Biblia_Sacra_Vulgata_(Stuttgartensia)/Ioannes" class="extiw" title="wikisource:la:Biblia Sacra Vulgata (Stuttgartensia)/Ioannes">Latin Vulgate</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Wycliffe)/John" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (Wycliffe)/John">Wycliffe Version</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (King James)/John">King James Version</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(American_Standard)/John" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/John">American Standard Version</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(World_English)/John" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (World English)/John">World English Version</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://auth.wikimedia.org/loginwiki/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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