John 9:13-15

The Pharisees’ Reaction to the Healing

9:13 They brought the man who used to be blind ¹  to the Pharisees. ²  9:14 (Now the day on which Jesus made the mud ³  and caused him to see ⁴  was a Sabbath.) ⁵  9:15 So the Pharisees asked him again how he had gained his sight. ⁶  He replied, ⁷  “He put mud ⁸  on my eyes and I washed, and now ⁹  I am able to see.”

[9:13]  ¹ tn Grk “who was formerly blind.”

[9:13]  ² sn See the note on Pharisees in 1:24.

[9:14]  ³ tn Or “clay” (moistened earth of a clay-like consistency).

[9:14]  ⁴ tn Grk “and opened his eyes” (an idiom referring to restoration of sight).

[9:14]  ⁵ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

[9:15]  ⁵ tn Or “how he had become able to see.”

[9:15]  ⁶ tn Grk “And he said to them.”

[9:15]  ⁷ tn Or “clay” (moistened earth of a clay-like consistency).

[9:15]  ⁸ tn The word “now” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied to indicate the contrast between the man’s former state (blind) and his present state (able to see).