Jesus Heals the Man Born Blind

John 9:6

In 9 translations

BSB: When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
KJV: 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,
WEB: When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man’s eyes with the mud,
ASV: When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and anointed his eyes with the clay,
LSV: Saying these things, He spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and rubbed the clay on the eyes of the blind man, and said to him,
YLT: These things saying, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and rubbed the clay on the eyes of the blind man, and said to him,
DBY: Having said these things, he spat on the ground and made mud of the spittle, and put the mud, as ointment, on his eyes.
DRC: When he had said these things, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and spread the clay on his eyes,
GNV: Assoone as he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spettle, and anointed the eyes of the blinde with the clay,

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Where the editions differ

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NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐπέχρισεν (“he rubbed”); Westcott–Hort read ἐπέθηκεν (“he laid on”).

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)

In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include αὐτοῦ (“on him”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τοῦ τυφλοῦ (“of the blind”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.

SBLGNT apparatus (3)

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SBLGNT: ἐπέχρισεν. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἐπέχρισεν; Westcott and Hort (1881) read ἐπέθηκεν.
SBLGNT: αὐτοῦ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτοῦ; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
SBLGNT: ὀφθαλμούς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὀφθαλμούς; Robinson–Pierpont add τοῦ τυφλοῦ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: ταῦτα εἰπὼν ἔπτυσεν χαμαὶ καὶ ἐποίησεν πηλὸν ἐκ τοῦ πτύσματος, καὶ ἐπέχρισεν αὐτοῦ τὸν πηλὸν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς,
RP2018: Ταῦτα εἰπών, ἔπτυσεν χαμαί, καὶ ἐποίησεν πηλὸν ἐκ τοῦ πτύσματος, καὶ ἐπέχρισεν τὸν πηλὸν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τοῦ τυφλοῦ,
TR-Boyd: Ταῦτα εἰπών, ἔπτυσε χαμαί, καὶ ἐποίησε πηλὸν ἐκ τοῦ πτύσματος, καὶ ἐπέχρισε τὸν πηλὸν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τοῦ τυφλοῦ,
SCR1894: ταυτα ειπων επτυσεν χαμαι και εποιησεν πηλον εκ του πτυσματος και επεχρισεν τον πηλον επι τους οφθαλμους του τυφλου

Who and where

◆ Blind Man Healed

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Clay Sabbath Siloam Ointment Spit; Spittle Beg; Beggar; Begging Cistern; Well; Pool; Aqueduct Miracles of Christ, The Plagues of Egypt John, Gospel of

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Cross-references most cited first

Mark 7:33So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.
Mark 8:23So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked.
Revelation 3:18I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).