John 9:7

Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jesus speaks to the man He just anointed with mud, commanding him to go to the Pool of Siloam immediately after applying the clay to his eyes.

The words — ὕπαγε (hupage) commands immediate departure, while νίψαι (nipsai) specifies the action of washing oneself in the pool.

The thread — The healing fulfills the prophecy in Isaiah 35:5 that the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the man later repeats Jesus’ commands to his interrogators in John 9:11.

Why it lands — The text demands obedience to a specific, seemingly mundane instruction before receiving restoration, requiring the reader to follow Christ’s directives without demanding prior explanation.

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The Greek words

King James Version

And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

Cross-references

Isaiah 35:5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
John 9:11 He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.”
John 11:37 But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
Psalms 146:8 the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
Isaiah 8:6 “Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
Acts 26:18 to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
Exodus 4:11 And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
Nehemiah 3:15 The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.
Isaiah 42:7 to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
Luke 13:4 Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?