Yohanes 9:16-17

9:16 Then some of the Pharisees began to say, ¹  “This man is not from God, because he does not observe ²  the Sabbath.” ³  But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner perform ⁴  such miraculous signs?” Thus there was a division ⁵  among them. 9:17 So again they asked the man who used to be blind, ⁶  “What do you say about him, since he caused you to see?” ⁷  “He is a prophet,” the man replied. ⁸ 

Yohanes 9:24-33

9:24 Then they summoned ⁹  the man who used to be blind ¹⁰  a second time and said to him, “Promise before God to tell the truth. ¹¹  We know that this man ¹²  is a sinner.” 9:25 He replied, ¹³  “I do not know whether he is a sinner. I do know one thing – that although I was blind, now I can see.” 9:26 Then they said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he cause you to see?” ¹⁴  9:27 He answered, ¹⁵  “I told you already and you didn’t listen. ¹⁶  Why do you want to hear it ¹⁷  again? You people ¹⁸  don’t want to become his disciples too, do you?”

9:28 They ¹⁹  heaped insults ²⁰  on him, saying, ²¹  “You are his disciple! ²²  We are disciples of Moses! 9:29 We know that God has spoken to Moses! We do not know where this man ²³  comes from!” 9:30 The man replied, ²⁴  “This is a remarkable thing, ²⁵  that you don’t know where he comes from, and yet he caused me to see! ²⁶  9:31 We know that God doesn’t listen to ²⁷  sinners, but if anyone is devout ²⁸  and does his will, God ²⁹  listens to ³⁰  him. ³¹  9:32 Never before ³²  has anyone heard of someone causing a man born blind to see. ³³  9:33 If this man ³⁴  were not from God, he could do nothing.”

[9:16]  ¹ tn As a response to the answers of the man who used to be blind, the use of the imperfect tense in the reply of the Pharisees is best translated as an ingressive imperfect (“began to say” or “started saying”).

[9:16]  ² tn Grk “he does not keep.”

[9:16]  ³ sn The Jewish religious leaders considered the work involved in making the mud to be a violation of the Sabbath.

[9:16]  ⁴ tn Grk “do.”

[9:16]  ⁵ tn Or “So there was discord.”

[9:17]  ⁶ tn Grk “the blind man.”

[9:17]  ⁷ tn Grk “since he opened your eyes” (an idiom referring to restoration of sight).

[9:17]  ⁸ tn Grk “And he said, ‘He is a prophet.’”

[9:17]  sn At this point the man, pressed by the Pharisees, admitted there was something special about Jesus. But here, since prophet is anarthrous (is not accompanied by the Greek article) and since in his initial reply in 9:11-12 the man showed no particular insight into the true identity of Jesus, this probably does not refer to the prophet of Deut 18:15, but merely to an unusual person who is capable of working miracles. The Pharisees had put this man on the spot, and he felt compelled to say something about Jesus, but he still didn’t have a clear conception of who Jesus was, so he labeled him a “prophet.”

[9:24]  ⁹ tn Grk “they called.”

[9:24]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “who was blind.”

[9:24]  ¹¹ tn Grk “Give glory to God” (an idiomatic formula used in placing someone under oath to tell the truth).

[9:24]  ¹² tn The phrase “this man” is a reference to Jesus.

[9:25]  ¹³ tn Grk “Then that one answered.”

[9:26]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “open your eyes” (an idiom referring to restoration of sight).

[9:27]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “He answered them.” The indirect object αὐτοῖς (autois) has not been translated for stylistic reasons.

[9:27]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “you did not hear.”

[9:27]  ¹⁷ tn “It” is not in the Greek text but has been supplied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when they were clearly implied in the context.

[9:27]  ¹⁸ tn The word “people” is supplied in the translation to clarify the plural Greek pronoun and verb.

[9:28]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “And they.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[9:28]  ²⁰ tn The Greek word means “to insult strongly” or “slander.”

[9:28]  ²¹ tn Grk “and said.”

[9:28]  ²² tn Grk “You are that one’s disciple.”

[9:29]  ²³ tn Grk “where this one.”

[9:30]  ²⁴ tn Grk “The man answered and said to them.” This has been simplified in the translation to “The man replied.”

[9:30]  ²⁵ tn Grk “For in this is a remarkable thing.”

[9:30]  ²⁶ tn Grk “and he opened my eyes” (an idiom referring to restoration of sight).

[9:31]  ²⁷ tn Grk “God does not hear.”

[9:31]  ²⁸ tn Or “godly.”

[9:31]  ²⁹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:31]  ³⁰ tn Or “hears.”

[9:31]  ³¹ tn Grk “this one.”

[9:32]  ³² tn Or “Never from the beginning of time,” Grk “From eternity.”

[9:32]  ³³ tn Grk “someone opening the eyes of a man born blind” (“opening the eyes” is an idiom referring to restoration of sight).

[9:33]  ³⁴ tn Grk “this one.”