9:24 Then they summoned 1 the man who used to be blind 2 a second time and said to him, “Promise before God to tell the truth. 3 We know that this man 4 is a sinner.”
1 tn Grk “they called.”
2 tn Grk “who was blind.”
3 tn Grk “Give glory to God” (an idiomatic formula used in placing someone under oath to tell the truth).
4 tn The phrase “this man” is a reference to Jesus.
5 tn Grk “And if anyone”; the conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has been left untranslated here for improved English style.
6 tn Or “guard them,” “keep them.”
7 sn Cf. John 3:17.
8 tn Or “nothing to say in opposition.”