John 9:6 meaning and explanation

When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.

John 9:6, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus has just called himself the light of the world, and now he acts on that claim for a man blind from birth. Making mud with spit was a common healing gesture of the time, and the Greek word for the mud, pēlos, simply means clay.

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