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King James Version (1611 Edition)

John 9:26

Then saide they to him againe, What did he to thee? How opened hee thine eyes?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Confession;   Converts;   Faith;   Sabbath;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Pharisees;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Holy Ghost;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gabriel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Beggar;   Error;   Nationality;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Silence;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Sabbath;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
King James Version
Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?
English Standard Version
They said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
New American Standard Bible
So they said to him, "What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?"
New Century Version
They asked, "What did he do to you? How did he make you see again?"
Amplified Bible
So they said to him, "What did He [actually] do to you? How did He open your eyes?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So they said to him, "What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?"
Legacy Standard Bible
So they said to him, "What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?"
Berean Standard Bible
"What did He do to you?" they asked. "How did He open your eyes?"
Contemporary English Version
"What did he do to you?" the Jewish leaders asked. "How did he heal your eyes?"
Complete Jewish Bible
So they said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
Darby Translation
And they said to him again, What did he do to thee? how opened he thine eyes?
Easy-to-Read Version
They asked, "What did he do to you? How did he heal your eyes?"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then sayd they to him againe, What did he to thee? howe opened he thine eyes?
George Lamsa Translation
They said to him again, What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?
Good News Translation
"What did he do to you?" they asked. "How did he cure you of your blindness?"
Lexham English Bible
So they said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
Literal Translation
And they said to him again, What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?
American Standard Version
They said therefore unto him, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?
Bible in Basic English
Then they said to him, What did he do to you? how did he give you the use of your eyes?
Hebrew Names Version
They said to him again, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
International Standard Version
Then they said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
Etheridge Translation
They say to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he to thee thine eyes ?
Murdock Translation
They said to him again: What did he to thee? How did he open thy eyes?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde they to hym agayne: What dyd he to thee? Howe opened he thyne eyes?
English Revised Version
They said therefore unto him, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?
World English Bible
They said to him again, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
They said to him again, What did he to thee?
Weymouth's New Testament
"What did he do to you?" they asked; "how did he open your eyes?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor thei seiden to hym, What dide he to thee? hou openyde he thin iyen?
Update Bible Version
They said therefore to him, What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?
Webster's Bible Translation
Then they said to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thy eyes?
New English Translation
Then they said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he cause you to see?"
New King James Version
Then they said to him again, "What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?"
New Living Translation
"But what did he do?" they asked. "How did he heal you?"
New Life Bible
They asked him again, "What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?"
New Revised Standard
They said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
They said, therefore, unto him - What did he unto thee? How opened he thine eyes?
Douay-Rheims Bible
They said then to him: What did he to thee? How did he open thy eyes?
Revised Standard Version
They said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then sayde they to him agayne. What dyd he to the? How opened he thyne eyes?
Young's Literal Translation
And they said to him again, `What did he to thee? how did he open thine eyes?'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The sayde they vnto him agayne: What dyd he vnto the? How opened he thine eyes?
Mace New Testament (1729)
they still urg'd the same question, what did he do to thee? how did he make you see?
THE MESSAGE
They said, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
Simplified Cowboy Version
They asked him, "Then what did he do? How did you get your sight back?"

Contextual Overview

13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. 14 And it was the Sabbath day when Iesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. 15 Then againe the Pharisees also asked him how he had receiued his sight. He said vnto them, Hee put clay vpon mine eyes, and I washed, and doe see. 16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because hee keepeth not the Sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner, doe such miracles? and there was a diuision among them. 17 They say vnto the blind man againe, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, Hee is a Prophet. 18 But the Iewes did not beleeue concerning him, that hee had bin blind, and receiued his sight, vntill they called the parents of him that had receiued his sight. 19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your sonne, who ye say was borne blind? how then doth he now see? 20 His parents answered them, and said, We know that this is our sonne, and that he was borne blind: 21 But by what meanes he now seeth, we know not, or who hath opened his eyes we know not: hee is of age, aske him, he shall speake for himselfe. 22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Iewes: for the Iewes had agreed already, that if any man did confesse that he was Christ, he should be put out of the Synagogue.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Proverbs 26:5 - a fool Jeremiah 36:17 - Tell Luke 6:7 - watched John 9:10 - General John 9:15 - the Pharisees

Cross-References

Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noah, and his sonnes, and said vnto them, Bee fruitfull and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Genesis 9:3
Euery mouing thing that liueth, shalbe meat for you; euen as the greene herbe haue I giuen you all things.
Genesis 9:10
And with euery liuing creature that is with you, of the fowle, of the cattell, and of euery beast of the earth with you, from all that goe out of the Arke, to euery beast of the earth.
Genesis 9:23
And Shem and Iaphet tooke a garment, and layed it vpon both their shoulders, and went backward, and couered the nakednesse of their father, and their faces were backward, and they saw not their fathers nakednesse.
Genesis 9:26
And hee saide, Blessed bee the LORD God of Shem, and Canaan shalbe his seruant.
Genesis 27:37
And Isaac answered and saide vnto Esau, Behold, I haue made him thy lord, and all his brethren haue I giuen to him for seruants: and with corne and wine haue I susteined him: and what shall I doe now vnto thee, my sonne?
Genesis 27:40
And by thy sword shalt thou liue, and shalt serue thy brother: and it shall come to passe when thou shalt haue the dominion, that thou shalt breake his yoke from off thy necke.
Deuteronomy 33:26
There is none like vnto the God of Iesurun, who rideth vpon the heauen in thy helpe, and in his excellencie on the skie.
Psalms 144:15
Happy is that people that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.
Romans 9:5
Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is ouer all, God blessed for euer, Amen.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said they to him again,.... Finding they could not bring him to deny the fact, or cause him to entertain an ill opinion of him that did it, they examine him again about the manner of it:

what did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes? These questions they had put before, John 9:15, and propose them again, in hope he would vary in the account, which they would not fail of improving against him; or that it would appear that he had not been really blind, at least from his birth; or that Christ made use of some unlawful means, as magic art, which they were always ready to charge him with, and to impute his miracles to a diabolical familiarity and influence; and they would have been glad to have had something to support such a calumny.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

How opened he thine eyes? - The reason why they asked this so often was doubtless to attempt to draw him into a contradiction; either to intimidate him, or throw him off his guard, so that he might be detected in denying what he had before affirmed. But God gave to this poor man grace and strength to make a bold confession of the truth, and sufficient common sense completely to confound his proud and subtle examiners.


 
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