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The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

John 9:17

In 9 translations

BSB
So once again they asked the man who had been blind, “What do you say about Him, since it was your eyes He opened?” “He is a prophet,” the man replied.
KJV
They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
WEB
Therefore they asked the blind man again, “What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”
ASV
They say therefore unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, in that he opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.
LSV
They said to the blind man again, “You—what do you say of Him—that He opened your eyes?”
YLT
They said to the blind man again, 'Thou — what dost thou say of him — that he opened thine eyes?'
DBY
They say therefore again to the blind [man], What dost thou say of him, that he has opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.
DRC
They say therefore to the blind man again: What sayest thou of him that hath opened they eyes? And he said: He is a prophet.
GNV
Then spake they vnto the blinde againe, What sayest thou of him, because he hath opened thine eyes? And he sayd, He is a Prophet.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Where the editions differ

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  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include οὖν (“therefore”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Word order: Tyndale House, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place τί elsewhere in this verse.
  • Spelling of ἠνέῳξέν: Textus Receptus: ἤνοιξεν.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: οὖν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οὖν; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
  • SBLGNT: Τί σὺ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Τί σὺ; Robinson–Pierpont read Σὺ τί.

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Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
λέγουσιν οὖν τῷ τυφλῷ πάλιν· Τί σὺ λέγεις περὶ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἠνέῳξέν σου τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν ὅτι Προφήτης ἐστίν.
RP2018
Λέγουσιν τῷ τυφλῷ πάλιν, Σὺ τί λέγεις περὶ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἤνοιξέν σου τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς; Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν ὅτι Προφήτης ἐστίν.
TR-Boyd
Λέγουσι τῷ τυφλῷ πάλιν, Σὺ τί λέγεις περὶ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἤνοιξέ σου τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς; Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν ὅτι Προφήτης ἐστίν.
SCR1894
λεγουσιν τω τυφλω παλιν συ τι λεγεις περι αυτου οτι ηνοιξεν σου τους οφθαλμους ο δε ειπεν οτι προφητης εστιν

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◆ Blind Man Healed

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 3:22–26For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you. Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off…
  • John 4:19“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.
  • John 6:14When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
  • Matthew 21:11The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
  • Acts 2:22Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.
  • Acts 10:38how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
  • Luke 24:19“What things?” He asked. “The events involving Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet, powerful in speech and action before God and all the people.

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