John 9:25

9:25 He replied, ¹  “I do not know whether he is a sinner. I do know one thing – that although I was blind, now I can see.”

John 9:15

9:15 So the Pharisees asked him again how he had gained his sight. ²  He replied, ³  “He put mud ⁴  on my eyes and I washed, and now ⁵  I am able to see.”

[9:25]  ¹ tn Grk “Then that one answered.”

[9:15]  ² tn Or “how he had become able to see.”

[9:15]  ³ tn Grk “And he said to them.”

[9:15]  ⁴ tn Or “clay” (moistened earth of a clay-like consistency).

[9:15]  ⁵ 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).