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John 9:6

When 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,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “on him” (αὐτοῦ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of the blind” (τοῦ τυφλοῦ) after eyes here.

ταῦταtautaWhen he had thusοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “When he had thus”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.When he had thusεἰπὼνeipōnto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).spokenἔπτυσενeptusenhe spatπτύω (ptuō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he spat”, a single actionG4429I spit.he spatχαμαὶchamaion the groundχαμαίadverb — “on the ground”G5476on or to the ground.on the groundκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐποίησενepoiēsenmadeποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “made”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.madeπηλὸνpēlonclayπηλός (pēlos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “clay”, the object formG4081clay, mud.This verse uses “clay”.clayἐκekofἐκpreposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πτύσματοςptusmatosspittleπτύσμα (ptusma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “spittle”, the of-formG4427spittle, saliva.the spittleκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐπέχρισενepechrisenhe anointedἐπιχρίω (epichriō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he anointed”, a single actionG2025I spread on, anoint.he anointedαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πηλὸνpēlonwith the clayπηλός (pēlos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “with the clay”, the object formG4081clay, mud.This verse uses “clay”.with the clayἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ὀφθαλμούςophthalmouseyeὀφθαλμός (ophthalmos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “eye”, the object formG3788the eye; fig: the mind's eye.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.τυφλοῦtuphlouof the blind manτυφλός (tuphlos)adjective, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the blind man”, the of-formG5185blind, physically or mentally.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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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American Standard Version (1901)

When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and anointed his eyes with the clay,

Young’s Literal Translation

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,

World English Bible

When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man’s eyes with the mud,

Darby Translation

Having said these things, he spat on the ground and made mud of the spittle, and put the mud, as ointment, on his eyes.

Douay-Rheims

When he had said these things, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and spread the clay on his eyes,

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