When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man’s eyes with the mud,
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 9:6 in context
John 9:3–9
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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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