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The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

John 9:20

In 9 translations

BSB
His parents answered, “We know he is our son, and we know he was born blind.
KJV
His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
WEB
His parents answered them, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
ASV
His parents answered and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
LSV
His parents answered them and said, “We have known that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
YLT
His parents answered them and said, 'We have known that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
DBY
His parents answered [them] and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
DRC
His parents answered them, and said: We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
GNV
His parents answered them, and sayd, We know that this is our sonne, and that he was borne blinde:

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read οὖν (“therefore”); Byzantine text read δὲ (“now”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include αὐτοῖς (“to them”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
  • Spelling of εἶπαν: Textus Receptus: εἶπον.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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 read δὲ αὐτοῖς.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἀπεκρίθησαν οὖν οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπαν· Οἴδαμεν ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς ἡμῶν καὶ ὅτι τυφλὸς ἐγεννήθη·
RP2018
Ἀπεκρίθησαν δὲ αὐτοῖς οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπον, Οἴδαμεν ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ ὅτι τυφλὸς ἐγεννήθη·
TR-Boyd
Ἀπεκρίθησαν αὐτοῖς οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπον, Οἴδαμεν ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ ὅτι τυφλὸς ἐγεννήθη·
SCR1894
απεκριθησαν αυτοις οι γονεις αυτου και ειπον οιδαμεν οτι ουτος εστιν ο υιος ημων και οτι τυφλος εγεννηθη

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