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John 9:1

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AND as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
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John 9:1

COMBINED MEANING

passed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of pass, meaning to go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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blind

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Sense 1: Unable to see with the eyes, or unable or unwilling to perceive, understand, or judge. Sense 2: A person or persons unable to see, as in ‘the blind’. Sense 3: To make unable to see or judge, or to obscure or hinder sight or judgment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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birth

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Sense 1: The act or process of coming into life or bringing forth. Sense 2: That which is born; offspring. Sense 3: Origin, lineage, or one's place or condition as determined by birth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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9:1AND as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.

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9:2And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

9:3Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

9:4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

9:5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

9:6When 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,

9:7And 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.

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