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OET (OET-RV) The Pharisees with him heard that and asked, “Are you saying that we’re blind?”
OET-LV The Farisaios_party heard of these things the ones being with him, and they_said to_him:
Also are we not blind?
SR-GNT Ἤκουσαν ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων ταῦτα οἱ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ὄντες, καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ, “Μὴ καὶ ἡμεῖς τυφλοί ἐσμεν;” ‡
(Aʸkousan ek tōn Farisaiōn tauta hoi metʼ autou ontes, kai eipon autōi, “Maʸ kai haʸmeis tufloi esmen;”)
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).
ULT Some of the Pharisees being with him heard these things and asked him, “We are not also blind, are we?”
UST When some of the Pharisees who were near Jesus heard him say this, they asked him, “Do you think that we also cannot perceive God’s truth, like blind people?”
BSB § Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”
BLB Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things, and they said to Him, "Are we also blind?"
AICNT [[And]][fn] The ones with him, having heard [these things][fn] from the Pharisees, said to him, “Are we also blind?”
9:40, And: Some manuscripts include. A(02) Latin(a b e ff2) BYZ TR ‖ Some manuscripts read “But.” D(05) Latin(d) ‖ Absent from P*66 P*75 N*(01) B(03) W(032) NA28 THGNT SBLGNT.
9:40, these things: Absent from some manuscripts. N*(01) D(05) Latin(a b d e ff2) Syriac(sys)
OEB Hearing this, some of the Pharisees who were with him said, ‘Then are we blind too?’
LSB Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “Are we blind too?”
WEBBE Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?”
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked him, “We are not blind too, are we?”
LSV And those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things, and they said to Him, “Are we also blind?”
FBV Some Pharisees who were there with Jesus asked him, “We're not blind too, are we?”
TCNT Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and said to him, “We are not also blind, are we?”
T4T Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard him say that, and said to him, “You are not suggesting that we are like blind people, are you?”
LEB Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things and said to him, “We are not also blind, are we?”[fn]
9:40 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “are we”
BBE These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind?
Moff No Moff YHN (JHN) book available
Wymth These words were heard by those of the Pharisees who were present, and they asked Him, "Are *we* also blind?"
ASV Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said unto him, Are we also blind?
DRA And some of the Pharisees, who were with him, heard: and they said unto him: Are we also blind?
YLT And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, 'Are we also blind?'
Drby And [some] of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, Are we blind also?
RV Those of the Pharisees which were with him heard these things, and said unto him, Are we also blind?
Wbstr And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these words, and said to him, Are we blind also?
KJB-1769 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
KJB-1611 And some of the Pharisees which were with him, heard these words, and saide vnto him, Are wee blinde also?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
Bshps And some of the pharisees which were with hym, hearde these wordes, & sayde vnto hym: Are we blynde also?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))
Gnva And some of the Pharises which were with him, heard these things, and sayd vnto him, Are we blinde also?
(And some of the Pharisees which were with him, heard these things, and said unto him, Are we blind also? )
Cvdl And some of the Pharises yt were with him, herde this, and sayde vnto him: Are we then blynde also?
(And some of the Pharisees it were with him, heard this, and said unto him: Are we then blind also?)
TNT And some of the pharises which were with him hearde these wordes and sayde vnto him: are we then blynde?
(And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words and said unto him: are we then blind? )
Wycl And summe of the Faryseis herden, that weren with hym, and thei seiden to hym, Whether we ben blynde?
(And some of the Faryseis heard, that were with him, and they said to him, Whether we been blind?)
Luth Und solches höreten etliche der Pharisäer, die bei ihm waren, und sprachen zu ihm: Sind wir denn auch blind?
(And such heard several the/of_the Pharisäer, the at him were, and said to him: Sind we/us because also blind?)
ClVg Et audierunt quidam ex pharisæis qui cum ipso erant, et dixerunt ei: Numquid et nos cæci sumus?
(And audierunt quidam from pharisæis who when/with ipso erant, and dixerunt ei: Numquid and we cæci sumus? )
UGNT ἤκουσαν ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων ταῦτα οἱ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ὄντες, καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ, μὴ καὶ ἡμεῖς τυφλοί ἐσμεν?
(aʸkousan ek tōn Farisaiōn tauta hoi met’ autou ontes, kai eipon autōi, maʸ kai haʸmeis tufloi esmen?)
SBL-GNT ⸀ἤκουσαν ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων ταῦτα οἱ ⸂μετʼ αὐτοῦ ὄντες⸃, καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ· Μὴ καὶ ἡμεῖς τυφλοί ἐσμεν;
(⸀aʸkousan ek tōn Farisaiōn tauta hoi ⸂metʼ autou ontes⸃, kai eipon autōi; Maʸ kai haʸmeis tufloi esmen;)
TC-GNT [fn]Καὶ ἤκουσαν ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων ταῦτα οἱ [fn]ὄντες μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ, καὶ [fn]εἶπον αὐτῷ, Μὴ καὶ ἡμεῖς τυφλοί ἐσμεν;
(Kai aʸkousan ek tōn Farisaiōn tauta hoi ontes met autou, kai eipon autōi, Maʸ kai haʸmeis tufloi esmen; )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
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.
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
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
μὴ καὶ ἡμεῖς τυφλοί ἐσμεν?
not also we blind are
Several Pharisees are using a rhetorical question here to emphasize that they do not think that they are spiritually blind. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “We surely are not also blind!”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
μὴ καὶ ἡμεῖς τυφλοί ἐσμεν?
not also we blind are
Here the Pharisees use blind to refer to not knowing God’s truth. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “We are not also ignorant of God’s truth, are we?”