John 9:10-11

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 

John 9:26-27

9:26 Then they said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he cause you to see?” ⁸  9:27 He answered, ⁹  “I told you already and you didn’t listen. ¹⁰  Why do you want to hear it ¹¹  again? You people ¹²  don’t want to become his disciples too, do you?”

[9:10]  ¹ tn Grk “So they were saying to him.”

[9:10]  ² tn Grk “How then were your eyes opened” (an idiom referring to restoration of sight).

[9:11]  ³ tn Grk “That one answered.”

[9:11]  ⁴ tn Or “clay” (moistened earth of a clay-like consistency).

[9:11]  ⁵ tn Grk “and smeared.” Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when obvious from the context.

[9:11]  ⁶ tn Grk “said to me.”

[9:11]  ⁷ tn Or “and I gained my sight.”

[9:26]  ⁸ tn Grk “open your eyes” (an idiom referring to restoration of sight).

[9:27]  ⁹ tn Grk “He answered them.” The indirect object αὐτοῖς (autois) has not been translated for stylistic reasons.

[9:27]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “you did not hear.”

[9:27]  ¹¹ tn “It” is not in the Greek text but has been supplied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when they were clearly implied in the context.

[9:27]  ¹² tn The word “people” is supplied in the translation to clarify the plural Greek pronoun and verb.