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John 9:8-10
New English Translation
John 9:8-10
New English Translation
8 Then the neighbors and the people who had seen him previously[a] as a beggar began saying,[b] “Is this not the man[c] who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some people said,[d] “This is the man!”[e] while others said, “No, but he looks like him.”[f] The man himself[g] kept insisting, “I am the one!”[h] 10 So they asked him,[i] “How then were you made to see?”[j]
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- John 9:8 tn Or “formerly.”
- John 9:8 tn An ingressive force (“began saying”) is present here because the change in status of the blind person provokes this new response from those who knew him.
- John 9:8 tn Grk “the one.”
- John 9:9 tn Grk “Others were saying.”
- John 9:9 tn Grk “This is the one.”
- John 9:9 tn Grk “No, but he is like him.”
- John 9:9 tn Grk “That one”; the referent (the man himself) is specified in the translation for clarity.
- John 9:9 tn Grk “I am he.”
- John 9:10 tn Grk “So they were saying to him.”
- John 9:10 tn Grk “How then were your eyes opened” (an idiom referring to restoration of sight).
John 9:8-10
New International Version
John 9:8-10
New International Version
8 His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?”(A) 9 Some claimed that he was.
Others said, “No, he only looks like him.”
But he himself insisted, “I am the man.”
10 “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.
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