John 8:33

8:33 “We are descendants ¹  of Abraham,” they replied, ²  “and have never been anyone’s slaves! How can you say, ³  ‘You will become free’?”

John 9:40

9:40 Some of the Pharisees ⁴  who were with him heard this ⁵  and asked him, ⁶  “We are not blind too, are we?” ⁷ 

[8:33]  ¹ tn Grk “We are the seed” (an idiom).

[8:33]  ² tn Grk “They answered to him.”

[8:33]  ³ tn Or “How is it that you say.”

[9:40]  ⁴ sn See the note on Pharisees in 1:24.

[9:40]  ⁵ tn Grk “heard these things.”

[9:40]  ⁶ tn Grk “and said to him.”

[9:40]  ⁷ tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here the tag is “are we?”).