John 9:1-3

Healing a Man Born Blind

9:1 Now as Jesus was passing by, ¹  he saw a man who had been blind from birth. 9:2 His disciples asked him, ²  “Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man ³  or his parents?” ⁴  9:3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man ⁵  nor his parents sinned, but he was born blind so that ⁶  the acts ⁷  of God may be revealed ⁸  through what happens to him. ⁹ 

[9:1]  ¹ tn Or “going along.” The opening words of chap. 9, καὶ παράγων (kai paragwn), convey only the vaguest indication of the circumstances.

[9:2]  ² tn Grk “asked him, saying.”

[9:2]  ³ tn Grk “this one.”

[9:2]  ⁴ tn Grk “in order that he should be born blind.”

[9:3]  ⁵ tn Grk “this one.”

[9:3]  ⁶ tn Grk “but so that.” There is an ellipsis that must be supplied: “but [he was born blind] so that” or “but [it happened to him] so that.”

[9:3]  ⁷ tn Or “deeds”; Grk “works.”

[9:3]  ⁸ tn Or “manifested,” “brought to light.”

[9:3]  ⁹ tn Grk “in him.”