eimi G1510

εἰμί (eimi) means “to be” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

εἰμί Greek · G1510 2,326 tagged occurrences in 1,988 verses

Pronunciation guide: i-mee' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G1510

εἰμί · eimi · to be

εἰμί, with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be. I. As substantive verb. 1. Of persons and things, to be, exist: Act.17:28, Jhn.1:1, 8:58, 17:5, al; ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν (for past ptcp.), Rev.1:4, 8, 4:8, 11:17, 16:5 (see Swete, Ap., 5; M, Pr., 228); τὰ (μὴ) ὄντα, Rom.4:17, 1Co.1:28. 2. Of times, events, etc., to be, happen, take place: Mat.24:3, Mrk.14:2, 15:42, Luk.21:23, Jhn.4:6, 23, 5:10, al. 3. to be present, be in a place, have come: Mat.2:13, 15, Mrk.1:45, 5:21, 15:40, Luk.1:80, 5:29, Jhn.7:30, al.; before εἰς, Mrk.2:1; before ἐκ, (ἐξ), Mat.1:20, 21:25, Mrk.11:30, Jhn.3:31, al. 4. Impers., ἔστι, ἦν, etc.; (a) there is (Fr. il y a), was, etc.: Mat.16:28, Luk.16:19, Jhn.3:1, 5:2, Rom.3:10, al.; with dative (of the possessor; Bl., §37, 3), Mat.16:22, Luk.1:7, Jhn.18.10, Rom.9:2, al.; ἔστιν ὅς, ὅστις (chiefly in pl), Mat.16:28, 19:2, Mrk.9:1, al.; (b) with inf., = ἔξεστιν (which see), it is possible: Heb.9:5, 1Co.11:20, RV (but see ICC, in l.). II. As copula uniting subject and predicate. 1. Expressing simply identity or equivalence: Mat.5:13, 14:15, Luk.1:18, 19, Jhn.1:1, 4:19, Rev.3:9, al. mult. 2. Explicative, as in parable, figure, type, etc.: Mat.13:19, 1Co.9:2, 10:4, 11:25, Gal.4:24, Rev.17:15, al.; ταῦτ᾽ ἔστιν, Mat.27:46, Mrk.7:2, Rom.7:18 al.; ὅ ἐστιν, Mrk.3:17, Col.1:24, Heb.7:2, al.; akin to this is the sacramental usage: Mat.26:26-28, Mrk.14:22, 24, Luk.22:19, 1Co.11:24 (see ICC on Mk, I Co, ll. with; DB, iii, 148 f.). 3. C. genitive: qual., etc., Mrk.5:42, Luk.3:23, 1Co.14:33, Heb.12:11, al.; part., 1Ti.1:20, 2Ti.1:15; poss., Mat.5:3, 10, Mrk.12:7, Luk.4:7; of service or partisanship, Rom.8:9, 1Co.1:12, 2Co.10:7, 2Ti.2:19. 4. C. dative (BL, §37, 3): Act.1:8, 9:15, Rom.4:12, 1Co.1:18, 2:14, Rev.21:7, al. 5. C. ptcp., as a periphrasis for the simple verb (Bl., §62, 1, 2; M, Pr., 225 ff.); (a) with ptcp. pf. (cl.): Mat.10:30, Luk.9:32, Jhn.3:24, Act.21:35, 1Co.15:19, al; (b) with ptcp. pr. (esp. in impf., as in Heb. and Aram.; Dalman, Words, 35 f.), Mat.7:29, Mrk.1:22, Luk.4:31, 14:1, Act.1:10, al. mult., id. for imper. (M, Pr., 180f., 182f.), with ellipsis of εἰμί, Rom.12:9, 10, Heb.13:5, al.; (with) with ptcp. aor. (cl), Luk.23:9. 6. Seq. εἰς (cf. Heb. הָיָה לְ), a vernac. usage (M, Pr., 71): Mat.19:5, Mrk.10:8, Heb.8:10, al. 7. C. adv.: Mat.19:20, Mrk.4:26, Luk.18:11, al. 8. Ellipses; (a) of the copula (Bl., §30, 3): Mat.8:29, 24:32, Jhn.21:22, 23, Heb.6:4, al.; (b) of the predicate: ἐγώ εἰμί, Mat.14:27, Mrk.6:50, al.; absol. (cf. Deu.32:39; אֲנִי הוּא), Mrk.13:6, Jhn.4:26, al. (cf. ἄπ-, ἔν-, πάρ-, συμ-πάρ-, σύν-ειμι). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I am, exist.

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How translators render G1510

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
is	501
are	207
was	166
it is	75
am	73
will be	71
were	63
vvv	59
you are	50
i am	47
there is	47
he is	40
he was	33
to be	33
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it was	30
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be	22
there was	21
are you	18
they were	18
there are	17
there were	17
you will be	16
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i was	12
there will be	12
you were	12
had	10
will	10
am he	9
have	8
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as	7
means	7
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arent	6
belongs	6
isnt	6
must be	6
we were	6
who was	6
will it be	6
you have been	6
he	5
jesus was	5
she is	5
come	4
comes	4
happen	4
has	4
i will be	4
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they will be	4
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who are	4
will become	4
you	4
am i	3
and	3
are like	3
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does	3
he will be	3
is a call for	3
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is that	3
let him be	3
must i remain	3
she was	3
that is	3
they	3
they may be	3
you may be	3
and is	2
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belonging	2
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exist	2
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follow	2
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have been	2
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i do	2
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is the one	2
it means	2
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there	2
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to	2
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we	2
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when we were	2
which is here	2
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who had suffered	2
who is	2
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will she be	2
will there be	2
would	2
you had been	2
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as well as	1
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become	1
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been	1
belonged	1
belonged to	1
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came about	1
can this be	1
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consisting	1
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contains	1
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could this be	1
crowded	1
did not come	1
do	1
do not be	1
does not show	1
during	1
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even though he was	1
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exists	1
for	1
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go	1
god was	1
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have come	1
have our being	1
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he had	1
he had been	1
he had removed it	1
he has been	1
he just looks	1
he lived	1
he may be	1
he must be	1
he remains	1
he stood	1
he too is	1
he was already	1
he were	1
he would not be	1
herod was	1
himself	1
i am from	1
i am present	1
i have	1
i have been	1
i live	1
i was staying	1
i will	1
i will no longer be	1
i would be	1
if they are	1
into being	1
into the	1
is going to	1
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is the essence of	1
is the meaning	1
it has already been	1
it meant	1
it must be	1
it read	1
it was from	1
it was now	1
it will all be	1
it will be done	1
it will happen	1
it will happen that	1
it would have been	1
its	1
jesus	1
kept	1
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let there be	1
let this be	1
levi was	1
lived	1
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mean	1
meaning	1
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meant	1
might be	1
now i am	1
now there were	1
of them were	1
of us	1
of you	1
one	1
our	1
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paul was	1
people were	1
perish	1
regard him	1
rely on	1
remain	1
saul stayed	1
shall be	1
shall be made	1
shall i do	1
shall we say	1
she can be	1
she is to remain	1
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should live	1
should we do	1
sided	1
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since they are	1
since you are	1
standing	1
stands for	1
stay	1
stood	1
surely	1
surely not	1
sweep	1
that dwells	1
the authorities are	1
the believers gathered together	1
the holy spirit had	1
the man had been	1
the meaning	1
the meaning of	1
their	1
then let this be	1
there should be	1
there will be more	1
these things are	1
they continued	1
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they exist	1
they had all been	1
they had been	1
they had belonged	1
they remain	1
they shared	1
they will all be	1
they will not be	1
this	1
this gospel is	1
this happened	1
this man is	1
this matter involved	1
this means	1
this point is	1
those present	1
though	1
though he was	1
though i am	1
though you once were	1
throughout	1
to be known	1
to bring	1
to find	1
to go	1
to remain	1
was about to happen	1
was it after	1
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was present	1
was using	1
we are all	1
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we had lived	1
we have	1
we lived	1
we who are	1
we will	1
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were often	1
were present	1
were together	1
what he looks like	1
when there is	1
which is	1
while he was	1
while he was still	1
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while she was still	1
while we are	1
who belonged to	1
who belongs to	1
who live	1
who were	1
whose temple was	1
will appear	1
will be a sign	1
will correspond to	1
will get	1
will have	1
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will not experience	1
will own	1
with	1
would not rest	1
would share	1
you are still	1
you bear	1
you do	1
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you have	1
you may	1
you may have	1
you really are	1
you so occupy	1
you too are	1
you will	1
you will just be	1
you will not be	1
you yourselves are	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
is	570
was	190
are	188
am	84
be	82
it is	82
shall be	70
were	70
art	47
he was	45
i am	43
there is	42
he is	38
being	37
to be	36
it was	35
ye are	32
there was	30
they were	28
they are	27
we are	26
thou art	23
shall	19
there are	19
there be	18
is it	16
there shall be	16
there were	15
are they	14
may be	13
are ye	12
is he	12
have	11
had	10
i was	10
it be	9
should be	9
which is	9
ye were	9
it shall be	8
that is	8
ye shall be	7
am i	6
art thou	6
he	6
is to say	6
might be	6
thou be	6
we were	6
when	6
he be	5
is there	5
let him be	5
shall it be	5
they	5
which are	5
i will be	4
it had been	4
it shall come to pass	4
let	4
she is	4
should	4
that were	4
there should be	4
they be	4
thou shalt be	4
when he was	4
which were	4
ye be	4
are we	3
he had	3
he were	3
shall i be	3
shall there be	3
stood	3
that are	3
that was	3
they had been	3
they may be	3
wast	3
we	3
we shall be	3
which was	3
will	3
ye may be	3
agree	2
be it	2
did	2
had been	2
have been	2
he had been	2
he shall be	2
i	2
i shall be	2
it were	2
meaneth	2
meant	2
shall have	2
shall she be	2
should mean	2
that	2
that be	2
they had	2
they shall be	2
they that are	2
thou hadst been	2
thou hast been	2
thou shalt	2
was it	2
we have	2
when he is	2
when we were	2
which	2
which art	2
which had	2
who are	2
who is	2
will be	2
ye have	2
a fool	1
against	1
agree with	1
agreed	1
and had	1
and is	1
and was	1
are there	1
art also	1
be it so	1
be thou	1
belongeth	1
bringeth	1
bringeth forth fruit	1
but dung	1
but loss	1
came	1
cannot be tempted	1
come	1
cometh	1
consisteth	1
continued	1
continued all night	1
descendeth	1
diligent	1
drew near	1
dureth	1
endure	1
followed	1
for	1
for all there were	1
forasmuch as	1
give thyself wholly	1
hast	1
hast been	1
have i been	1
have our being	1
have thou	1
having	1
he belonged	1
he hath been	1
he may be	1
he might be	1
he preached	1
he sat	1
he shall have	1
he should	1
he taught	1
he that is	1
he withdrew	1
himself to be	1
i be	1
i shall	1
i should	1
if	1
imprisoned	1
in	1
it	1
it becometh	1
it pleased	1
it remaineth	1
it shall	1
it should be	1
joined hard to	1
just men	1
knowing	1
let it	1
make	1
may	1
may have	1
men	1
might	1
mighty	1
now i am	1
of	1
of daily	1
one	1
ought	1
owneth	1
perish	1
sat down	1
seeing	1
seeing that there are	1
seeing ye	1
shall be made	1
shall it	1
shall we	1
shalt	1
shalt be	1
shalt have	1
shalt thou be	1
she may be	1
she pass	1
she was	1
should have been	1
shouldest be	1
soweth	1
stand	1
taught	1
that he is	1
that he was	1
that there are	1
that there is	1
that there was	1
that they are	1
that they do good	1
the christ	1
the shepherd	1
them that are	1
there	1
they continued stedfastly	1
they looked stedfastly	1
they should be	1
they that were	1
thing is	1
this is	1
those things which be	1
thou mayest	1
thou wast	1
thou wert	1
though he was	1
though i be	1
though they were	1
to be known	1
to be made	1
to have been	1
to them who are	1
us was	1
used	1
was come	1
watched	1
we be	1
we cannot	1
we had been	1
we may be	1
we should	1
we that are	1
we would	1
went	1
went before	1
were it	1
what would follow	1
when i was	1
when it was	1
when there is	1
when thou wast	1
whereas i was	1
which am	1
which though	1
while	1
while i was	1
while she was	1
who was	1
who were	1
will come	1
ye	1
ye belong	1
ye have been	1
ye know	1
you	1

Verses containing G1510

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John 7:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,
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John 7:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
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John 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
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John 8:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not valid.”
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John 8:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.
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John 8:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me.
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John 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.
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John 8:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am One who testifies about Myself, and the Father, who sent Me, also testifies about Me.”
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John 8:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. “You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father as well.”
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John 8:23 · BSB · 4 occurrences
Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
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John 8:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”
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John 8:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Who are You?” they asked. “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied.
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John 8:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”
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John 8:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.
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John 8:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”
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John 8:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
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John 8:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?”
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John 8:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
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John 8:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
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John 8:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.
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John 8:39 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham.
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John 8:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.
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John 8:44 · BSB · 4 occurrences
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
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John 8:47 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
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John 8:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”
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John 8:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I do not seek My own glory. There is One who seeks it, and He is the Judge.
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John 8:53 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, as did the prophets. Who do You claim to be?”
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John 8:54 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory means nothing. The One who glorifies Me is My Father, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’
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John 8:55 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word.
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John 8:58 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
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John 9:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
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John 9:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
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John 9:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
At this, his neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging began to ask, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”
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John 9:9 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Some claimed that he was, but others said, “No, he just looks like him.” But the man kept saying, “I am the one.”
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John 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Where is He?” they asked. “I do not know,” he answered.
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John 9:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.
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John 9:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was division among them.
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John 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So once again they asked the man who had been blind, “What do you say about Him, since it was your eyes He opened?” “He is a prophet,” the man replied.
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John 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Jews still did not believe that the man had been blind and had received his sight until they summoned his parents
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John 9:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and asked, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? So how is it that he can now see?”
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John 9:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His parents answered, “We know he is our son, and we know he was born blind.
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John 9:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So a second time they called for the man who had been blind and said, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”
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John 9:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He answered, “Whether He is a sinner I do not know. There is one thing I do know: I was blind, but now I see!”
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John 9:28 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.
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John 9:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from.”
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John 9:30 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“That is remarkable indeed!” the man said. “You do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.
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John 9:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.
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John 9:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If this man were not from God, He could do no such thing.”
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John 9:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Who is He, Sir?” he replied. “Tell me so that I may believe in Him.”
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John 9:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“You have already seen Him,” Jesus answered. “He is the One speaking with you.”
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