John 9:10-12

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.”

¹ tn Grk “So they were saying to him.”

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

³ tn Grk “That one answered.”

⁴ tn Or “clay” (moistened earth of a clay-like consistency).

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

⁶ tn Grk “said to me.”

⁷ tn Or “and I gained my sight.”

⁵ tn Grk “And they said.”

⁶ tn Grk “that one.” “Man” is more normal English style for the referent.

⁷ tn Grk “He said.”