John 5:7

5:7 The sick man answered him, “Sir, ¹  I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get into the water, ²  someone else ³  goes down there ⁴  before me.”

John 9:24

9:24 Then they summoned ⁵  the man who used to be blind ⁶  a second time and said to him, “Promise before God to tell the truth. ⁷  We know that this man ⁸  is a sinner.”

¹ tn Or “Lord.” The Greek κύριος (kurios) means both “Sir” and “Lord.” In this passage the paralytic who was healed by Jesus never acknowledges Jesus as Lord – he rather reports Jesus to the authorities.

² tn Grk “while I am going.”

³ tn Grk “another.”

⁴ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text but is implied.

⁵ tn Grk “they called.”

⁶ tn Grk “who was blind.”

⁷ tn Grk “Give glory to God” (an idiomatic formula used in placing someone under oath to tell the truth).

⁸ tn The phrase “this man” is a reference to Jesus.