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John 9:30-32
New English Translation
John 9:30-32
New English Translation
30 The man replied,[a] “This is a remarkable thing,[b] that you don’t know where he comes from, and yet he caused me to see![c] 31 We know that God doesn’t listen to[d] sinners, but if anyone is devout[e] and does his will, God[f] listens to[g] him.[h] 32 Never before[i] has anyone heard of someone causing a man born blind to see.[j]
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- John 9:30 tn Grk “The man answered and said to them.” This has been simplified in the translation to “The man replied.”
- John 9:30 tn Grk “For in this is a remarkable thing.”
- John 9:30 tn Grk “and he opened my eyes” (an idiom referring to restoration of sight).
- John 9:31 tn Grk “God does not hear.”
- John 9:31 tn Or “godly.”
- John 9:31 tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- John 9:31 tn Or “hears.”
- John 9:31 tn Grk “this one.”
- John 9:32 tn Or “Never from the beginning of time,” Grk “From eternity.”
- John 9:32 tn Grk “someone opening the eyes of a man born blind” (“opening the eyes” is an idiom referring to restoration of sight).
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