John 9:19

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They asked them, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”

King James Version (1611)
And they asked them, saying, Is this your sonne, who ye say was borne blind? how then doth he now see?

King James Version
And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?

English Standard Version
and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"

New American Standard Bible
and they questioned them, saying, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"

New Century Version
and asked them, "Is this your son who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"

Amplified Bible
They asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and questioned them, saying, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"

Legacy Standard Bible
and questioned them, saying, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"

Berean Standard Bible
and asked, "Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? So how is it that he can now see?"

Contemporary English Version
and asked them, "Is this the son that you said was born blind? How can he now see?"

Complete Jewish Bible
They asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?"

Darby Translation
And they asked them saying, This is your son, of whom ye say that he was born blind: how then does he now see?

Easy-to-Read Version
They asked them, "Is this your son? You say he was born blind. So how can he see?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
And they asked them, saying, Is this your sonne, whom ye say was borne blinde? How doeth he nowe see then?

George Lamsa Translation
And they asked them, Is this your son, who you say was born blind? how then does he now see?

Good News Translation
and asked them, "Is this your son? You say that he was born blind; how is it, then, that he can now see?"

Lexham English Bible
And they asked them, saying, "Is this man your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"

Literal Translation
And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, whom you say that he was born blind? Then how does he now see?

American Standard Version
and asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?

Bible in Basic English
And put the question to them, saying, Is this your son, of whom you say that he was blind at birth? how is it then that he is now able to see?

Hebrew Names Version
and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"

International Standard Version
and asked them, "Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? How does he now see?"

Etheridge Translation
and asked them, If this is your son who, you say, was born blind, how now doth he see ?

Murdock Translation
And they asked them: Is this your son, of whom ye say that he was born blind? And how doth he now see?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they asked them, saying: Is this your sonne, whom ye saye was borne blynde? Howe doeth he nowe see then?

English Revised Version
and asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?

World English Bible
and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind?

Weymouth's New Testament
"Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How is it then that he can now see?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei axiden hem, and seiden, Is this youre sone, which ye seien was borun blynd? hou thanne seeth he now?

Update Bible Version
and asked them, saying, Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?

Webster's Bible Translation
And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?

New English Translation
They asked the parents, "Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"

New King James Version
And they asked them, saying, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"

New Living Translation
They asked them, "Is this your son? Was he born blind? If so, how can he now see?"

New Life Bible
and asked them, "Is this your son? Do you say he was born blind? How does he see now?"

New Revised Standard
and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and questioned them, saying - Is, this, your son, of whom, ye, say, that blind, he was, born? How, then, seeth he, even now?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And asked them, saying: Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then doth he now see?

Revised Standard Version
and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they axed the saying: Is this youre sonne whome ye saye was borne blynde? How doth he now se then?

Young's Literal Translation
and they asked them, saying, `Is your son, of whom ye say that he was born blind? how then now doth he see?'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and they axed them, and sayde: Is this youre sonne, whom ye saye, was borne blynde? How doth he now se then?

Mace New Testament (1729)
and ask'd them, is this your son, who you say was born blind? how came it then that he now sees?

Simplified Cowboy Version
asked them, "Is this your son? Has he been blind his whole life? How is it that he can now see?"

Contextual Overview

¹³They marched the man to the Pharisees. This day when Jesus made the paste and healed his blindness was the Sabbath. The Pharisees grilled him again on how he had come to see. He said, "He put a clay paste on my eyes, and I washed, and now I see." ¹⁶ Some of the Pharisees said, "Obviously, this man can't be from God. He doesn't keep the Sabbath." Others countered, "How can a bad man do miraculous, God-revealing things like this?" There was a split in their ranks. ¹⁷ They came back at the blind man, "You're the expert. He opened your eyes. What do you say about him?" He said, "He is a prophet." ¹⁸The Jews didn't believe it, didn't believe the man was blind to begin with. So they called the parents of the man now bright-eyed with sight. They asked them, "Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? So how is it that he now sees?" ²⁰His parents said, "We know he is our son, and we know he was born blind. But we don't know how he came to see—haven't a clue about who opened his eyes. Why don't you ask him? He's a grown man and can speak for himself." (His parents were talking like this because they were intimidated by the Jewish leaders, who had already decided that anyone who took a stand that this was the Messiah would be kicked out of the meeting place. That's why his parents said, "Ask him. He's a grown man.") ²⁴ They called the man back a second time—the man who had been blind—and told him, "Give credit to God. We know this man is an impostor." ²⁵ He replied, "I know nothing about that one way or the other. But I know one thing for sure: I was blind... I now see." ²⁶ They said, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" ²⁷ "I've told you over and over and you haven't listened. Why do you want to hear it again? Are you so eager to become his disciples?" ²⁸With that they jumped all over him. "You might be a disciple of that man, but we're disciples of Moses. We know for sure that God spoke to Moses, but we have no idea where this man even comes from."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Is this: John 9:8, John 9:9, Acts 3:10, Acts 4:14

Reciprocal: Luke 13:11 - eighteen

Cross-References

Genesis 5:32
When Noah was 500 years old, he had Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 9:28
Noah lived another 350 years following the flood. He lived a total of 950 years. And he died.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they asked them, saying, is this your son,.... The first question they put was, whether the man that stood before them, pointing to him, was their son or not; whether they knew him by any marks to be their son, and would own him as such: had they answered to this in the negative, they would have got an advantage against him, and would have convicted him of a lie, since he had given out that he was the son of such parents; and proving such a lie upon him, would at once have brought the whole affair into suspicion at least: they add,

who ye say was born blind; this contains a second question, whether, if this was their son, he was born blind or not; and if he was not born blind, though he had been blind, it would have greatly lessened the miracle: and besides, they would have put other questions upon this, whether his blindness was real, and by what means it came. Next follows a third question,

how then doth he now see? By what means has he received his sight? They might hope, that if he was their son, and was really born blind, that he had his sight some other way than by Jesus; or they might object this to his being born, blind, as being a thing impossible, or at least not credible that he should ever see, was that the case.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Is this your son? ... - The Pharisees proposed three questions to the parents, by which they hoped to convict the man of falsehood:

1. Whether he was their son?
2. Whether they would affirm that he was born blind? and,
3. Whether they knew by what means he now saw?

They evidently intended to intimidate the parents, so that they might give an answer to one of these questions that would convict the man of deception. We see here the art to which men will resort rather than admit the truth. Had they been half as much disposed to believe on Jesus as they were to disbelieve, there would have been no difficulty in the case. And so with all men: were they as much inclined to embrace the truth as they are to reject it, there would soon be an end of cavils.