It is necessary for us to do the deeds of the one who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work! While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” When he[a] had said these things, he spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, and smeared the clay on his eyes.

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Footnotes

  1. John 9:6 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had said”) which is understood as temporal

As long as it is day,(A) we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”(B)

After saying this, he spit(C) on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.

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