John 9:8-9

9:8 Then the neighbors and the people who had seen him previously ¹  as a beggar began saying, ²  “Is this not the man ³  who used to sit and beg?” 9:9 Some people said, ⁴  “This is the man!” ⁵  while others said, “No, but he looks like him.” ⁶  The man himself ⁷  kept insisting, “I am the one!” ⁸ 

[9:8]  ¹ tn Or “formerly.”

[9:8]  ² tn An ingressive force (“began saying”) is present here because the change in status of the blind person provokes this new response from those who knew him.

[9:8]  ³ tn Grk “the one.”

[9:9]  ⁴ tn Grk “Others were saying.”

[9:9]  ⁵ tn Grk “This is the one.”

[9:9]  ⁶ tn Grk “No, but he is like him.”

[9:9]  ⁷ tn Grk “That one”; the referent (the man himself) is specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:9]  ⁸ tn Grk “I am he.”