John 9:26

Simplified Cowboy Version

They asked him, "Then what did he do? How did you get your sight back?"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”

King James Version (1611)
Then saide they to him againe, What did he to thee? How opened hee thine 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?"

Contextual Overview

¹³So some people took the guy to the Pharisees. ¹⁴Jesus had healed him on the day of rest, ¹⁵and they asked him about how it was done. Once again, he told the story. ¹⁶Some of the Pharisees said, "This guy isn't a man of God. If he were, he wouldn't have done work on the day of rest." Another Pharisee stood up and asked, "If he is not, then how can a sinner perform such a good work as this?" A squabble broke out among these religious know-it-alls. ¹⁷So they turned back to the man and asked, "What do you say about the man who healed you?""I think he's one of God's cowboys. I believe he's a prophet," the man quickly answered. ¹⁸The discussion then turned to wondering if the guy had been born blind or if someone was trying to pull a fast one. So, they sent for the man's parents and ¹⁹asked them, "Is this your son? Has he been blind his whole life? How is it that he can now see?" ²⁰His parents knew they were in a sticky situation and said, "This is our boy, and yes, he was born blind as a bat. ²¹We have no idea how he can see now. Ask him that question. He's old enough to speak for himself." ²²His parents were evasive because the church leaders had already made it public that if you support Jesus, you would be thrown out of the church.

Bible Verse Review
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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

Romans 9:5
Abe, Isaac, and Jake are their ancestors, and Jesus himself was an Israelite by all human standards and nature. But he wasn't just any ordinary human. He was God himself and rules over all of God's spread.

Hebrews 11:16
But no, they set their eyes on something bigger and better that was just over the final hill—their forever home in heaven. And it is there that God is waiting on his hands. He ain't ashamed to call them his crew and he has something amazing waiting on them.

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.