John 9:30The man answered them, "How amazing! You don't know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.
The setting
Jerusalem, ~30 AD. Temple courts. A former beggar schooling Israel's top theologians with devastating logic...
The emotion here: amazed at their willful blindness, gaining confidence through obvious truth
The original word
thaumaston (θαυμαστόν) — marvelous, wonderful, causing amazement
Why it matters
This unnamed beggar becomes the only person in John's Gospel to successfully argue with the Pharisees
Read with care
What most readers miss in John 9:30
The man born blind now sees more clearly than those who claim to see
Common misconceptionPeople admire his boldness, but miss that he's genuinely shocked—he can't believe they're this spiritually blind.
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Verses that echo John 9:30
Bible Genome reading
John 9:30 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
John 9:30 comes from the book of John, written during the gospel period. These words are attributed to blind man. The dominant emotion in this verse is deciding, with a comfort power of 45% and a tone that is commanding. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include wonder, logic. Notable phrases: how amazing; yet he opened my eyes.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same deciding
“"You shall have no other gods before me.”
— Deuteronomy 5:7
“"You shall not murder.”
— Exodus 20:13
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
— Matthew 23:12
“For God didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.”
— 2 Timothy 1:7
“But Peter said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!"”
— Acts 3:6
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