💫WEB · John 9:11
What does John 9:11 mean?
"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.”"
— John 9:11 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was blind before, said, “Isn’t this he who sat and begged?”
Others were saying, “It is he.” Still others were saying, “He looks like him.” He said, “I am he.”
They therefore were asking him, “How were your eyes opened?”
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.”
Then they asked him, “Where is he?” He said, “I don’t know.”
They brought him who had been blind to the Pharisees.
It was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.
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Biblical perspective
What does 9:11 mean in the Bible?
Searching for the meaning behind this number? Amos 9:11 is a genuine prophecy about restoration — God promising to rebuild what has been broken.
Several books of the Bible have a chapter 9, verse 11. Amos 9:11 stands out as a restoration promise that the New Testament connects to the inclusion of all nations.
Amos 9:11
"In that day I will raise up the tent of David who has fallen, and close up its breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old."
Romans 9:11
"For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls..."
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