John 9:10-15

9:10 So they asked him, ¹  “How then were you made to see?” ²  9:11 He replied, ³  “The man called Jesus made mud, ⁴  smeared it ⁵  on my eyes and told me, ⁶  ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and was able to see.” ⁷  9:12 They said ⁸  to him, “Where is that man?” ⁹  He replied, ¹⁰  “I don’t know.”

The Pharisees’ Reaction to the Healing

9:13 They brought the man who used to be blind ¹¹  to the Pharisees. ¹²  9:14 (Now the day on which Jesus made the mud ¹³  and caused him to see ¹⁴  was a Sabbath.) ¹⁵  9:15 So the Pharisees asked him again how he had gained his sight. ¹⁶  He replied, ¹⁷  “He put mud ¹⁸  on my eyes and I washed, and now ¹⁹  I am able to see.”

[9:10]  ¹ tn Grk “So they were saying to him.”

[9:10]  ² tn Grk “How then were your eyes opened” (an idiom referring to restoration of sight).

[9:11]  ³ tn Grk “That one answered.”

[9:11]  ⁴ tn Or “clay” (moistened earth of a clay-like consistency).

[9:11]  ⁵ tn Grk “and smeared.” Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when obvious from the context.

[9:11]  ⁶ tn Grk “said to me.”

[9:11]  ⁷ tn Or “and I gained my sight.”

[9:12]  ⁸ tn Grk “And they said.”

[9:12]  ⁹ tn Grk “that one.” “Man” is more normal English style for the referent.

[9:12]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “He said.”

[9:13]  ¹¹ tn Grk “who was formerly blind.”

[9:13]  ¹² sn See the note on Pharisees in 1:24.

[9:14]  ¹³ tn Or “clay” (moistened earth of a clay-like consistency).

[9:14]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “and opened his eyes” (an idiom referring to restoration of sight).

[9:14]  ¹⁵ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

[9:15]  ¹⁶ tn Or “how he had become able to see.”

[9:15]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “And he said to them.”

[9:15]  ¹⁸ tn Or “clay” (moistened earth of a clay-like consistency).

[9:15]  ¹⁹ tn The word “now” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied to indicate the contrast between the man’s former state (blind) and his present state (able to see).