John 9:6 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁶ After He had said this, He spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then He put the mud on the man’s eyes

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ When 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,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ When He had said this, He spat on the ground and made clay (mud) with His saliva, and He spread it [as ointment] on the man's eyes.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and anointed his eyes with the clay,

Common English Bible

⁶ After he said this, he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and smeared the mud on the man’s eyes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ When he had said these things, he spat on the ground, and he made clay from the spittle, and he smeared the clay over his eyes.

John 9:6 Cross References

Mark 8:23

[So], He took hold of the blind man by his hand and brought him out of the village. When Jesus spit [and put His saliva] on his eyes [See 7:33 for a similar use of His saliva in healing] and placed His hands on him [for healing], He asked him, “Can you see anything?”

Mark 7:33

So, Jesus took him away from the crowd by himself and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue [i.e., with His saliva]

Revelation 3:18

[Because of that], I advise you to buy from me gold, refined by fire, so that you will become rich; and white clothing to wear, so that you can cover yourself and not be seen as shamefully naked; and eye drops for your eyes, so that you can see. [Note: The foregoing all refer to taking measures for becoming more spiritual].

John 9:11

He answered, “That man called Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes; then He said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash [yourself].’ So, I went and washed and my sight was [miraculously] restored.”