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The sign — the man born blind receives sight 9:1–7
vv. 1–5 — the theodicy question reframed: the works of God, the day, the light
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Καὶ παράγωνparticipial — preposed circumstantial — leans on εἶδεν; Jesus' gaze initiates, unpetitioned
εἶδεν ἄνθρωπον τυφλὸν ἐκ γενετῆς.independent — ἐκ γενετῆς — congenital; the premise of the whole chapter
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καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ λέγοντες·independent — the speech-frame for the theodicy question
Ῥαββί, τίς ἥμαρτεν, οὗτος ἢ οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ,content — the mechanical either/or of retribution logic (cf. Exod 20:5)
ἵνα τυφλὸς γεννηθῇ;purpose — ἵνα of conceived result — sin as assumed cause of the blindness
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ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς·independent — the Johannine reply-formula; the answer runs through v. 5
Οὔτε οὗτος ἥμαρτεν οὔτε οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ,content — both horns of the dilemma refused
ἀλλ' ἵνα φανερωθῇ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ.purpose — elliptical ἀλλ' ἵνα (supply 'this is') — the blindness as arena, not punishment
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ἡμᾶς δεῖ ἐργάζεσθαι τὰ ἔργα τοῦ πέμψαντός μεcontent — plural ἡμᾶς — the disciples drawn into the mission; δεῖ of divine necessity
ἕως ἡμέρα ἐστίν·conditional — temporal ἕως (typed cnd; no temporal key) — the daylight of the ministry
ἔρχεται νύξ,content — futuristic present — the departure treated as imminent certainty
ὅτε οὐδεὶς δύναται ἐργάζεσθαι.relative — temporal-relative ὅτε on νύξ — the absolute cessation
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ὅταν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ὦ,conditional — temporal ὅταν (typed cnd; no temporal key) — forward-leaning on εἰμι
φῶς εἰμι τοῦ κόσμου.content — the ego-eimi of 8:12 restated — the sign about to enact the claim
vv. 6–7 — clay, Siloam, sight
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ταῦτα εἰπὼνparticipial — preposed aorist participle — leans on ἔπτυσεν
ἔπτυσεν χαμαί,independent — the creation gesture begins — dust and moisture (Gen 2:7)
καὶ ἐποίησεν πηλὸν ἐκ τοῦ πτύσματος,independent — ἐποίησεν — the verb of Gen 1 LXX; πηλός five times in this chapter
καὶ ἐπέχρισεν αὐτοῦ τὸν πηλὸν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς,independent — ἐπιχρίω — NT only here and v. 11; an anointing under the Anointed's hand
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καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ·independent — the command that completes the sign
Ὕπαγε νίψαι εἰς τὴν κολυμβήθραν τοῦ Σιλωάμ,content — the double imperative — obedience as the hinge of the healing
ὃ ἑρμηνεύεται Ἀπεσταλμένος.phrase modifier — narrator's translation gloss — the Sent One sends to the pool named Sent (cf. 20:21)
ἀπῆλθεν οὖνindependent — the triple aorist of obedience begins
καὶ ἐνίψατο,independent — the command performed to the letter
καὶ ἦλθεν βλέπων.independent — βλέπων — the transformation carried by one present participle
The neighbors' bafflement — the first interrogation 9:8–12
vv. 8–9 — is this the beggar?
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Οἱ οὖν γείτονες καὶ οἱ θεωροῦντες αὐτὸν τὸ πρότερον ὅτι τυφλὸς ἦν ἔλεγον·independent — prolepsis (αὐτόν drawn ahead of the ὅτι-clause); iterative imperfect — the debate runs on
Οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ καθήμενος καὶ προσαιτῶν;content — οὐχ expects 'yes' — the beggar's social identity overturned
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ἄλλοι ἔλεγον ὅτιindependent — recitative ὅτι — the community splits, the chapter's first division
Οὗτός ἐστιν·content — identity affirmed
ἄλλοι ἔλεγον·independent — the counter-voice
Οὐχί, ἀλλὰ ὅμοιος αὐτῷ ἐστιν.content — resemblance preferred to miracle
ἐκεῖνος ἔλεγεν ὅτιindependent — iterative imperfect — his insistence against the debate; emphatic ἐκεῖνος
Ἐγώ εἰμι.content — a plain self-identification — the echo of 8:58 audible but not pressed
vv. 10–12 — the first account of the healing
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ἔλεγον οὖν αὐτῷ·independent — the crowd accepts the identification and asks for the method
Πῶς [οὖν] ἠνεῴχθησάν σου οἱ ὀφθαλμοί;content — divine passive — opened by a power beyond agency; [οὖν] bracketed as printed
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ἀπεκρίθη ἐκεῖνος·independent — the first of the man's three accounts
Ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ λεγόμενος Ἰησοῦς πηλὸν ἐποίησενcontent — 'the man called Jesus' — the lowest rung of the ascending confession
καὶ ἐπέχρισέν μου τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺςcontent — vv. 6–7 retold in the man's own words
καὶ εἶπέν μοι ὅτιcontent — recitative ὅτι — the command quoted inside the testimony
Ὕπαγε εἰς τὸν Σιλωὰμ καὶ νίψαι·content — quotation within quotation — the healing word repeated
ἀπελθὼν οὖν καὶ νιψάμενοςparticipial — preposed participles — the man owns his obedience; lean on ἀνέβλεψα
ἀνέβλεψα.content — ἀναβλέπω — 'saw again' said of one born blind: a first-time gift, not a recovery
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καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ·independent — from the man's identity to Jesus' whereabouts
Ποῦ ἐστιν ἐκεῖνος;content — the question the man cannot yet answer
λέγει·independent — historic present — the dialogue quickens
Οὐκ οἶδα.content — the honest limit of his knowledge — the first οἶδα of the chapter's long duel
The Pharisees' first hearing — sabbath and a divided verdict 9:13–17
vv. 13–15 — brought to the Pharisees; the sabbath named
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Ἄγουσιν αὐτὸν πρὸς τοὺς Φαρισαίους,independent — historic present — the scene shifts to the authorities; the man is carried to judgment
τόν ποτε τυφλόν.phrase modifier — verbless apposition — the narrator's ironic epithet before the willfully blind court
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ἦν δὲ σάββατονindependent — narrator's setting-notice, held back until the trial begins (cf. 5:9)
ἐν ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ τὸν πηλὸν ἐποίησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦςrelative — kneading forbidden on the sabbath (m. Shabb. 7:2) — the charge's legal basis
καὶ ἀνέῳξεν αὐτοῦ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς.relative — coordinate relative — Jesus himself the active opener, no divine passive here
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πάλιν οὖν ἠρώτων αὐτὸν καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοιindependent — πάλιν — the interrogation formally repeated; sustained imperfect
πῶς ἀνέβλεψεν.content — indirect question — the same πῶς as the neighbors'
ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς·independent — the second account — shorter, bolder
Πηλὸν ἐπέθηκέν μου ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς,content — ἐπέθηκεν for ἐπέχρισεν — the man paraphrases, not recites
καὶ ἐνιψάμην,content — the testimony compressing
καὶ βλέπω.content — the stative present βλέπω — the fact they cannot refute
vv. 16–17 — the division, and the man's verdict
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ἔλεγον οὖν ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων τινές·independent — the court itself begins to split
Οὐκ ἔστιν οὗτος παρὰ θεοῦ ὁ ἄνθρωπος,content — παρὰ θεοῦ — the origin question, the chapter's christological hinge
ὅτι τὸ σάββατον οὐ τηρεῖ.cause — the sabbath premise driving the syllogism
ἄλλοι [δὲ] ἔλεγον·independent — [δὲ] bracketed as printed — the counter-argument from the sign
Πῶς δύναται ἄνθρωπος ἁμαρτωλὸς τοιαῦτα σημεῖα ποιεῖν;content — the rhetorical πῶς expects 'he cannot' — the premise the man will sharpen in v. 31
καὶ σχίσμα ἦν ἐν αὐτοῖς.independent — σχίσμα — the judgment-as-division of v. 39 already at work (cf. 7:43; 10:19)
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λέγουσιν οὖν τῷ τυφλῷ πάλιν·independent — historic present — the divided experts ask the beggar to adjudicate
Τί σὺ λέγεις περὶ αὐτοῦ,content — emphatic σύ — the witness promoted to judge
ὅτι ἠνέῳξέν σου τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς;cause — causal ὅτι — the undeniable fact grounds his standing to speak
ὁ δὲ εἶπεν ὅτιindependent — recitative ὅτι
Προφήτης ἐστίν.content — second rung of the ascending confession (cf. 4:19) — above 'the man called Jesus,' short of worship
The parents summoned — fear and deflection 9:18–23
vv. 18–21 — the parents confirm the facts and deflect
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Οὐκ ἐπίστευσαν οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι περὶ αὐτοῦindependent — the chapter's key verb negated — they attack the premise, not the argument
ὅτι ἦν τυφλὸςcontent — the first disputed fact
καὶ ἀνέβλεψεν,content — the second — the double fact refused together
ἕως ὅτου ἐφώνησαν τοὺς γονεῖς αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἀναβλέψαντος.conditional — temporal ἕως ὅτου (typed cnd; no temporal key) — the formal summons of corroborating witnesses
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καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτοὺς λέγοντες·independent — the parents on the stand
Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς ὑμῶν,content — the identity question
ὃν ὑμεῖς λέγετεrelative — emphatic ὑμεῖς — the parents' own prior claim put in question
ὅτι τυφλὸς ἐγεννήθη;content — the birth-blindness they must confirm or retract
πῶς οὖν βλέπει ἄρτι;content — the third question — the one the parents will refuse
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ἀπεκρίθησαν οὖν οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπαν·independent — the double speech-frame for the careful reply
Οἴδαμενcontent — the parents' οἴδαμεν — settled knowledge, safely confined
ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς ἡμῶνcontent — fact one confirmed
καὶ ὅτι τυφλὸς ἐγεννήθη·content — fact two confirmed — exactly as far as safety allows
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πῶς δὲ νῦν βλέπειcontent — fronted indirect question — leans forward on οὐκ οἴδαμεν
οὐκ οἴδαμεν,content — first disclaimer — precisely what the court wants disclaimed
ἢ τίς ἤνοιξεν αὐτοῦ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺςcontent — second fronted indirect question — the agent's name withheld; leans on the second οὐκ οἴδαμεν
ἡμεῖς οὐκ οἴδαμεν·content — emphatic ἡμεῖς — the double disclaimer sealed
αὐτὸν ἐρωτήσατε,content — accountability transferred to the son
ἡλικίαν ἔχει,content — the ἡλικίαν ἔχει refrain — legal-witness maturity invoked
αὐτὸς περὶ ἑαυτοῦ λαλήσει.content — and speak he does (vv. 24–34) — the deflection sets up the son's boldness
vv. 22–23 — the narrator's aside: fear of expulsion
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ταῦτα εἶπαν οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦindependent — the narrator steps forward to explain the evasion
ὅτι ἐφοβοῦντο τοὺς Ἰουδαίους·cause — the motive named — fear against the son's fearlessness
ἤδη γὰρ συνετέθειντο οἱ Ἰουδαῖοιcause — pluperfect συνετέθειντο — a standing decree, prior to this case
ἵνα ἐάν τις αὐτὸν ὁμολογήσῃ Χριστόν,conditional — protasis inside the ἵνα-decree — leans on γένηται; ὁμολογέω, the public confession (cf. 12:42)
ἀποσυνάγωγος γένηται.content — ἀποσυνάγωγος — only John (9:22; 12:42; 16:2); the rupture the man himself undergoes in v. 34
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διὰ τοῦτο οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ εἶπαν ὅτιindependent — διὰ τοῦτο — the aside tied off; recitative ὅτι
Ἡλικίαν ἔχει,content — the refrain of v. 21 repeated — bracketing the narrator's explanation
αὐτὸν ἐρωτήσατε.content — the deflection restated, and the narrative returns to the court
The second hearing — the man's witness and his expulsion 9:24–34
vv. 24–25 — 'give glory to God,' and the one thing known
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Ἐφώνησαν οὖν τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐκ δευτέρουindependent — ἐκ δευτέρου — the witness formally recalled
ὃς ἦν τυφλὸςrelative — the identifying relative — his past still names him
καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ·independent — the pressure to recant begins
Δὸς δόξαν τῷ θεῷ·content — the OT oath formula (Josh 7:19) — tell the truth, stop shielding the offender
ἡμεῖς οἴδαμενcontent — emphatic ἡμεῖς οἴδαμεν — the verdict presupposed before the testimony
ὅτι οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἁμαρτωλός ἐστιν.content — ἁμαρτωλός — the sabbath conclusion delivered as settled fact
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ἀπεκρίθη οὖν ἐκεῖνος·independent — emphatic ἐκεῖνος — the lone voice against the institution
Εἰ ἁμαρτωλός ἐστινcontent — fronted indirect question (εἰ = whether) — leans forward on οὐκ οἶδα
οὐκ οἶδα·content — their framing refused — he will not adjudicate sinfulness
ἓν οἶδαcontent — the ἓν οἶδα confession — one certainty against their οἴδαμεν
ὅτι τυφλὸς ὢν ἄρτι βλέπω.content — concessive ὤν — the whole chapter compressed into one line
vv. 26–29 — the demand repeated, the taunt, the reviling
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εἶπον οὖν αὐτῷ·independent — unable to refute, they ask for the account again
Τί ἐποίησέν σοι;content — hunting an inconsistency, or the technical violation
πῶς ἤνοιξέν σου τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς;content — the same πῶς a third time
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ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς·independent — the witness turns cross-examiner
Εἶπον ὑμῖν ἤδηcontent — the testimony stands as given (vv. 15, 25)
καὶ οὐκ ἠκούσατε·content — adversative καί — hearing without receiving
τί πάλιν θέλετε ἀκούειν;content — the counter-question
μὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς θέλετε αὐτοῦ μαθηταὶ γενέσθαι;content — the taunt — μή expects 'no'; the καί quietly claims discipleship for himself
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καὶ ἐλοιδόρησαν αὐτὸνindependent — λοιδορέω — argument gives way to abuse
καὶ εἶπαν·independent — the frame for the Moses-versus-Jesus antithesis
Σὺ μαθητὴς εἶ ἐκείνου,content — contemptuous ἐκείνου — they will not speak the name
ἡμεῖς δὲ τοῦ Μωϋσέως ἐσμὲν μαθηταί·content — Moses named with honor — the antithesis the man will invert
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ἡμεῖς οἴδαμενcontent — the second ἡμεῖς οἴδαμεν — certainty about Moses
ὅτι Μωϋσεῖ λελάληκεν ὁ θεός,content — perfect λελάληκεν — the Torah-revelation standing on record
τοῦτον δὲ οὐκ οἴδαμενcontent — prolepsis — contemptuous τοῦτον drawn forward; the professed ignorance
πόθεν ἐστίν.content — πόθεν — the Johannine origin-question (7:27–28; 19:9); the reader knows the answer
vv. 30–34 — the beggar's syllogism, and the expulsion
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ἀπεκρίθη ὁ ἄνθρωπος καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς·independent — the beggar turns theologian — the reply runs through v. 33
Ἐν τούτῳ γὰρ τὸ θαυμαστόν ἐστιν,content — τὸ θαυμαστόν — their claimed ignorance converted into the scandal
ὅτι ὑμεῖς οὐκ οἴδατεcontent — epexegetic ὅτι on ἐν τούτῳ — emphatic ὑμεῖς: you, the experts
πόθεν ἐστίν,content — their own πόθεν handed back
καὶ ἀνέῳξέν μου τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς.content — adversative καί — the fact that makes the ignorance inexcusable
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οἴδαμενcontent — the man takes up their own οἴδαμεν — common-ground theology
ὅτι ἁμαρτωλῶν ὁ θεὸς οὐκ ἀκούει,content — the shared premise (Ps 66:18; Isa 1:15) — God hears no sinner's prayer
ἀλλ' ἐάν τις θεοσεβὴς ᾖconditional — protasis — leans on ἀκούει below; θεοσεβής, NT hapax
καὶ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιῇ,conditional — second protasis limb — the double condition of the godly
τούτου ἀκούει.content — the apodosis — the positive half of the premise
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ἐκ τοῦ αἰῶνος οὐκ ἠκούσθηcontent — the empirical premise — appeal to all recorded memory
ὅτι ἤνοιξέν τις ὀφθαλμοὺς τυφλοῦ γεγεννημένου·content — not even Moses or Elisha — the sign categorically unprecedented
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εἰ μὴ ἦν οὗτος παρὰ θεοῦ,conditional — second-class protasis (contrary to fact) — leans on ἠδύνατο
οὐκ ἠδύνατο ποιεῖν οὐδέν.content — the syllogism lands — παρὰ θεοῦ, the very verdict of v. 16 decided
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ἀπεκρίθησαν καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ·independent — no counter-argument — only the sentence
Ἐν ἁμαρτίαις σὺ ἐγεννήθης ὅλος,content — the disciples' theodicy (v. 2) weaponized as insult
καὶ σὺ διδάσκεις ἡμᾶς;content — indignant καί and emphatic σύ — the beggar has in fact been teaching them
καὶ ἐξέβαλον αὐτὸν ἔξω.independent — ἐξέβαλον ἔξω — the ἀποσυνάγωγος decree of v. 22 enacted
Found by the Son of Man — confession, worship, verdict 9:35–41
vv. 35–38 — found, revealed, believed, worshipped
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Ἤκουσεν Ἰησοῦςindependent — the initiative is Jesus' — he hears, seeks, finds (cf. 5:14)
ὅτι ἐξέβαλον αὐτὸν ἔξω,content — the expulsion reported in the narrator's own words from v. 34
καὶ εὑρὼν αὐτὸνparticipial — preposed participle — the shepherd seeks the cast-out sheep (10:1–18); leans on εἶπεν
εἶπεν·independent — the climactic question follows
Σὺ πιστεύεις εἰς τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου;content — υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου printed (P66 P75 ℵ B); Byzantine 'Son of God' a secondary assimilation
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ἀπεκρίθη ἐκεῖνος καὶ εἶπεν·independent — emphatic ἐκεῖνος one last time
Καὶ τίς ἐστιν, κύριε,content — eager καί — only the object of faith is lacking, not the will; κύριε still 'sir,' about to deepen
ἵνα πιστεύσω εἰς αὐτόν;purpose — purpose of the asking — faith seeking its object
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εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς·independent — the self-revelation
Καὶ ἑώρακας αὐτὸνcontent — perfect ἑώρακας — the Siloam-given sight now put to its true use
καὶ ὁ λαλῶν μετὰ σοῦ ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν.content — cf. 4:26 to the Samaritan woman — the disclosure in the act of speaking
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ὁ δὲ ἔφη·independent — φημί — the affirming speech-verb for the confession
Πιστεύω, κύριε·content — the shortest full confession in the Gospel — κύριε now the title, not the courtesy
καὶ προσεκύνησεν αὐτῷ.independent — προσκυνέω — in John the worship of God (4:20–24); the ascent from v. 11 reaches its summit
vv. 39–41 — the judgment saying: your sin remains
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καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς·independent — the interpretation of the whole sign
Εἰς κρίμα ἐγὼ εἰς τὸν κόσμον τοῦτον ἦλθον,content — κρίμα — the crisis the light causes by shining (3:19), not a punitive decree; emphatic ἐγώ
ἵνα οἱ μὴ βλέποντες βλέπωσινpurpose — the man's half of the reversal
καὶ οἱ βλέποντες τυφλοὶ γένωνται.purpose — the Pharisees' half — the chiastic inversion of sight and blindness
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Ἤκουσαν ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων ταῦτα οἱ μετ' αὐτοῦ ὄντες,independent — partitive ἐκ — the court has followed Jesus into the scene
καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ·independent — the defensive question
Μὴ καὶ ἡμεῖς τυφλοί ἐσμεν;content — μή expects 'no' — the question that convicts by being asked
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εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς·independent — the closing verdict
Εἰ τυφλοὶ ἦτε,conditional — second-class protasis — acknowledged blindness, the condition they refuse; leans on εἴχετε
οὐκ ἂν εἴχετε ἁμαρτίαν·content — contrary-to-fact apodosis — need confessed would be need met
νῦν δὲ λέγετε ὅτιcontent — νῦν δέ — the actual case; the claim itself constitutes the guilt
Βλέπομεν,content — the chapter's key verb on the wrong lips — the false claim quoted
ἡ ἁμαρτία ὑμῶν μένει.content — asyndeton — the verdict falls; μένει, the abiding-verb turned against them (cf. 3:36)
Analysis. John 9 is a trial narrative, and the layout shows a lawsuit conducted almost entirely in indented blue: brief flush-left speech-frames (the historic presents flagged as they land — λέγει v. 12, Ἄγουσιν v. 13, λέγουσιν v. 17) each dangling a block of quoted testimony, so the page reads as alternating volleys of interrogation and witness. Three shapes organize the drama. First, the ascending confession: the man's quoted lines name Jesus 'the man called Jesus' (v. 11), 'a prophet' (v. 17), 'from God' (v. 33), and at last 'Lord' with worship (v. 38) — each rung hangs in the same position under a verb of answering, so the ascent is visible as identical shapes filled with rising content. Second, the duel of οἶδα/οἴδαμεν: 'we know' (the Pharisees, vv. 24, 29), 'we do not know' (the parents, v. 21 — their fronted indirect questions lean forward, anchorless, on the double disclaimer), and 'one thing I know' (the man, v. 25). Third, the conditional architecture of the argument: forward-leaning protases stack above their apodoses at v. 22 (the expulsion decree inside its ἵνα), v. 31 (the two-limbed God-hears-the-godly premise), v. 33 (second-class: 'if he were not from God'), and v. 41 (second-class again, Jesus' closing verdict). The narrator's asides sit as their own lines: the Siloam gloss (v. 7, a mod line under the pool's name — 'Sent,' the chapter's christology in an etymology), the sabbath notice (v. 14), and the full aside of vv. 22–23 explaining the parents' fear by the standing ἀποσυνάγωγος decree (only John: 9:22; 12:42; 16:2). Cruxes taken or flagged: v. 35 prints υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου (P66 P75 ℵ B) against the Byzantine 'Son of God'; the bracketed [οὖν] (v. 10) and [δὲ] (v. 16) stand as printed; κρίμα in v. 39 is glossed as the crisis the light causes rather than a punitive decree; and the man's Ἐγώ εἰμι (v. 9) is a plain self-identification whose echo of 8:58 the tag names without pressing.