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Parallel YHN 9:10

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BI Yhn 9:10 ©

Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clearImportance=normal(All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV)So they asked him, “Well, how come that now you can see?”

OET-LVTherefore they_were_saying to_him:
How were_ the eyes of_you _opened_up?

SR-GNTἜλεγον οὖν αὐτῷ, “Πῶς ἠνεῴχθησάν σου οἱ ὀφθαλμοί;”
   (Elegon oun autōi, “Pōs aʸneōⱪthaʸsan sou hoi ofthalmoi;”)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULTTherefore, they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?”

USTSo they asked him, “How is it that you can see now?”

BSB  § “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.

BLBTherefore they were saying to him, "How then were your eyes opened?"


AICNT[So][fn] {They}[fn] said to him [then],[fn] “How then were your eyes opened?”


9:10, So: Absent from P*66.

9:10, they: ℵ(01) reads “the Jews.”

9:10, then: ℵ(01) C(04) D(05) Latin (a d) NAS28[] ‖ Absent from some manuscripts. P*75 A(02) B(03) W(032) Latin(b e ff2) BYZ TR SBLGNT THGNT

OEB‘How did you get your sight, then?’ they asked.

WEBBEThey therefore were asking him, “How were your eyes opened?”

WMBB (Same as above)

NETSo they asked him, “How then were you made to see?”

LSVThey said, therefore, to him, “How were your eyes opened?”

FBV“So how is it you can see?” they asked him.

TCNTSo they said to him, “[fn]How were yoʋr eyes opened?”


9:10 How ¦ How then NA WH

T4TSo they said to him, “How is it that now you can see?”

LEBSo they began to say[fn] to him, “How[fn] were your eyes opened?”


9:10 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to say”)

9:10 Some manuscripts have “Then how”

BBESo they said to him, How then were your eyes made open?

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Wymth"How then were your eyes opened?" they asked.

ASVThey said therefore unto him, How then were thine eyes opened?

DRAThey said therefore to him: How were thy eyes opened?

YLTThey said, therefore, to him, 'How were thine eyes opened?'

DrbyThey said therefore to him, How have thine eyes been opened?

RVThey said therefore unto him, How then were thine eyes opened?

WbstrTherefore they said to him, How were thy eyes opened?

KJB-1769Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?
   (Therefore said they unto him, How were thine/your eyes opened? )

KJB-1611Therefore said they vnto him, How were thine eyes opened?
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

BshpsTherfore sayde they vnto him: Howe are thyne eyes opened?
   (Therefore said they unto him: How are thine/your eyes opened?)

GnvaTherefore they sayd vnto him, Howe were thine eyes opened?
   (Therefore they said unto him, How were thine/your eyes opened? )

CvdlThen sayde they vnto him: How are thine eyes opened?
   (Then said they unto him: How are thine/your eyes opened?)

TNTThey sayde vnto him: How are thyne eyes opened then?
   (They said unto him: How are thine/your eyes opened then? )

WyclBut he seide, That Y am. Therfor thei seiden to hym, Hou ben thin iyen openyd?
   (But he said, That I am. Therefore they said to him, How been thin eyes opened?)

LuthDa sprachen sie zu ihm: Wie sind deine Augen aufgetan?
   (So said they/she/them to him: How are your Augen aufgetan?)

ClVgDicebant ergo ei: Quomodo aperti sunt tibi oculi?
   (Dicebant therefore ei: Quomodo aperti are to_you oculi? )

UGNTἔλεγον οὖν αὐτῷ, πῶς ἠνεῴχθησάν σου οἱ ὀφθαλμοί?
   (elegon oun autōi, pōs aʸneōⱪthaʸsan sou hoi ofthalmoi?)

SBL-GNTἔλεγον οὖν αὐτῷ· ⸀Πῶς ἠνεῴχθησάν σου οἱ ὀφθαλμοί;
   (elegon oun autōi; ⸀Pōs aʸneōⱪthaʸsan sou hoi ofthalmoi;)

TC-GNTἜλεγον οὖν αὐτῷ, [fn]Πῶς [fn]ἀνεῴχθησάν σου οἱ ὀφθαλμοί;
   (Elegon oun autōi, Pōs aneōⱪthaʸsan sou hoi ofthalmoi; )


9:10 πως ¦ πως ουν NA WH

9:10 ανεωχθησαν ¦ ηνεωχθησαν BYZ CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

9:1-41 At the Festival of Shelters (chs 7–8), Jesus claimed to be the light of the world (8:12). Now John tells about Jesus giving light, both physically and spiritually, to a blind man who lived in darkness (see 9:5). The story ends with a splendid reversal of roles: The blind man who was assumed to be in spiritual darkness could see God’s light, whereas the Pharisees, who could see physically and were thought to be enlightened, were shown to be spiritually blind.

TTNTyndale Theme Notes:

John’s Profile of Discipleship

In the first half of his Gospel, John tells about a variety of people who model true discipleship (see John 1:19-51; 4:1-42; 9:1-41). Through them John provides a profile of the mature follower, or “disciple,” of Christ.

What is the profile of a disciple? (1) Disciples know who Jesus is. In each of these three accounts, Jesus is identified correctly (see, e.g., 1:34, 36, 38, 41; 4:19, 29, 31; 9:2, 17, 35-38). (2) Disciples believe in Jesus. They see Jesus’ mighty works, listen to his profound words, and believe (see 1:49; 4:39-42; 9:35-38; see also 20:8, 24-29). (3) Jesus’ disciples understand that they must follow him if their discipleship is to be successful (1:37-43; 8:12; 10:4-5, 27; 12:26; 21:19-22). Following implies genuine devotion, leaving what we have to embrace the journey with Jesus.

John provided this profile of true discipleship because he wanted his readers to join these courageous men and women and become disciples of Jesus as well (see 20:30-31).

Passages for Further Study

Matt 9:9-10; 10:16-22; 16:24-28; Luke 14:26-33; John 8:31-32; 9:1-41; 12:25-26; 13:35; 18:36; Acts 9:2; Rom 15:5; 1 Cor 3:4-11


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

πῶς ἠνεῴχθησάν σου οἱ ὀφθαλμοί?

how /were/_opened_up ˱of˲_you the eyes

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [How did your eyes become opened?]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

πῶς ἠνεῴχθησάν σου οἱ ὀφθαλμοί

how /were/_opened_up ˱of˲_you the eyes

Here, eyes opened describes the ability to see by referring to something associated with vision coming into action, specifically, the eyes. If it would be more natural in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [How are you able to see?]

BI Yhn 9:10 ©