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OET (OET-RV) Now, it had been the Rest Day when Yeshua had made the slurry and enabled him to see,

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, 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).

UST (Now the day when Jesus made the mud with his saliva and enabled the man to see was the Jewish day for rest.)

BSB Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.

BLB Now the day in which Jesus had made the clay and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.

AICNT It was the Sabbath [on the day][fn] when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.

9:14, on the day: Absent from some manuscripts. A(02) D(05) Latin(d) BYZ TR

OEB Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the paste and gave him his sight.

WEBBE It was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.

WMBB It was a Sabbath when Yeshua made the mud and opened his eyes.

NET (Now the day on which Jesus made the mud and caused him to see was a Sabbath.)

LSV and it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

FBV Now it was the Sabbath when Jesus had made the mud and opened the blind man's eyes.

TCNT (Now it was a Sabbath [fn]when Jesus made the mud and opened the man's eyes.)

9:14 when 98.9% ¦ on the day CT 0.8%

T4T The day on which Jesus made the mud and enabled the man to see again was a ◄Sabbath/Jewish day of rest►. The Pharisees considered that healing someone was work, and their rules did not permit people to do any work ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►.

LEB (Now the day on which Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes was the Sabbath.)

BBE Now the day on which the earth was mixed by Jesus and the man's eyes were made open was the Sabbath.

Moff No Moff YHN (JHN) book available

Wymth Now the day on which Jesus made the clay and opened the man's eyes was the Sabbath.

ASV Now it was the sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

DRA Now it was the sabbath, when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

YLT and it was a sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

Drby Now it was sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.

RV Now it was the sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

Wbstr And it was the sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

KJB-1769 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

KJB-1611 And it was the Sabbath day when Iesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps And it was the Sabboth day when Iesus made ye claye, & opened his eyes.
(And it was the Sabbath day when Yesus/Yeshua made ye/you_all clay, and opened his eyes.)

Gnva And it was the Sabbath day, when Iesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
(And it was the Sabbath day, when Yesus/Yeshua made the clay, and opened his eyes. )

Cvdl It was the Sabbath, whan Iesus made the claye, and opened his eyes.
(It was the Sabbath, when Yesus/Yeshua made the clay, and opened his eyes.)

TNT for it was the Saboth daye when Iesus made the claye and opened his eyes.
(for it was the Sabbath day when Yesus/Yeshua made the clay and opened his eyes. )

Wycl And it was sabat, whanne Jhesus made cley, and openyde hise iyen.
(And it was sabbath, when Yhesus made clay, and opened his eyes.)

Luth (Es war aber Sabbat, da JEsus den Kot machte und seine Augen öffnete.)
((It what/which but Sabbat, there Yesus the Kot made and his Augen öffnete.))

ClVg Erat autem sabbatum quando lutum fecit Jesus, et aperuit oculos ejus.
(Erat however sabbatum when lutum he_did Yesus, and aperuit oculos his. )

UGNT ἦν δὲ Σάββατον ἐν ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ τὸν πηλὸν ἐποίησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, καὶ ἀνέῳξεν αὐτοῦ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς.
(aʸn de Sabbaton en haʸ haʸmera ton paʸlon epoiaʸsen ho Yaʸsous, kai aneōixen autou tous ofthalmous.)

SBL-GNT ἦν δὲ σάββατον ⸂ἐν ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ⸃ τὸν πηλὸν ἐποίησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ ἀνέῳξεν αὐτοῦ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς.
(aʸn de sabbaton ⸂en haʸ haʸmera⸃ ton paʸlon epoiaʸsen ho Yaʸsous kai aneōixen autou tous ofthalmous.)

TC-GNT Ἦν δὲ σάββατον [fn]ὅτε τὸν πηλὸν ἐποίησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, καὶ ἀνέῳξεν αὐτοῦ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς.
(Aʸn de sabbaton hote ton paʸlon epoiaʸsen ho Yaʸsous, kai aneōixen autou tous ofthalmous. )

9:14 οτε 98.9% ¦ εν η ημερα CT 0.8%

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

TTN Tyndale 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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-background

General Information:

In this verse John briefly stops telling about the events in the story in order to give background information about when Jesus healed the man. Use the natural form in your language for expressing background information.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὸν πηλὸν ἐποίησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, καὶ ἀνέῳξεν αὐτοῦ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς

the clay made ¬the Jesus and opened_up ˱of˲_him the eyes

The negative reaction of the Pharisees described in the following verses is based on their belief that, according to their religious law, Jesus’ actions were considered to be work. Therefore, they believed that he was disobeying God’s command to rest and not work on the Sabbath. (See: lawofmoses and works and sabbath). If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning explicitly. Alternate translation: “Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. These were two deeds the Pharisees considered to be work.”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἀνέῳξεν αὐτοῦ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς

opened_up ˱of˲_him the eyes

Here, opened eyes 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: “caused him to see”

Parallel YHN 9:14

General Information: