John 9:30-33

9:30 The man replied, ¹  “This is a remarkable thing, ²  that you don’t know where he comes from, and yet he caused me to see! ³  9:31 We know that God doesn’t listen to ⁴  sinners, but if anyone is devout ⁵  and does his will, God ⁶  listens to ⁷  him. ⁸  9:32 Never before ⁹  has anyone heard of someone causing a man born blind to see. ¹⁰  9:33 If this man ¹¹  were not from God, he could do nothing.”

[9:30]  ¹ tn Grk “The man answered and said to them.” This has been simplified in the translation to “The man replied.”

[9:30]  ² tn Grk “For in this is a remarkable thing.”

[9:30]  ³ tn Grk “and he opened my eyes” (an idiom referring to restoration of sight).

[9:31]  ⁴ tn Grk “God does not hear.”

[9:31]  ⁵ tn Or “godly.”

[9:31]  ⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:31]  ⁷ tn Or “hears.”

[9:31]  ⁸ tn Grk “this one.”

[9:32]  ⁷ tn Or “Never from the beginning of time,” Grk “From eternity.”

[9:32]  ⁸ tn Grk “someone opening the eyes of a man born blind” (“opening the eyes” is an idiom referring to restoration of sight).

[9:33]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “this one.”