John 9:30-31

9:30 The man replied, ¹  “This is a remarkable thing, ²  that you don’t know where he comes from, and yet he caused me to see! ³  9:31 We know that God doesn’t listen to ⁴  sinners, but if anyone is devout ⁵  and does his will, God ⁶  listens to ⁷  him. ⁸ 

¹ tn Grk “The man answered and said to them.” This has been simplified in the translation to “The man replied.”

² tn Grk “For in this is a remarkable thing.”

³ tn Grk “and he opened my eyes” (an idiom referring to restoration of sight).

⁴ tn Grk “God does not hear.”

⁵ tn Or “godly.”

⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Or “hears.”

⁸ tn Grk “this one.”