^9:18Now the Jewish religious leaders⁵⁶ refused to believe⁵⁷ that he had really been blind and had gained his sight until at last they summoned⁵⁸ the parents of the man who had become able to see.⁵⁹^9:19They asked the parents,⁶⁰ “Is this your son, whom you say⁶¹ was born blind? Then how does he now see?” ^9:20So his parents replied,⁶² “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.

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Footnotes

56 Or “the Jewish religious authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” In NT usage the term Ἰουδαῖοι (Ioudaioi) may refer to the entire Jewish people, the residents of Jerusalem and surrounding territory, the authorities in Jerusalem, or merely those who were hostile to Jesus. (For further information see R. G. Bratcher, “ ‘The Jews’ in the Gospel of John,” 26 [1975]: 401–9.) Here the phrase refers mainly to the Pharisees, mentioned by name in John 9:13, 15, 16. References in this context to Pharisees and to the synagogue (v. 22) suggest an emphasis on the religious nature of the debate which is brought out by the translation “the Jewish religious leaders.”
57 The Greek text contains the words “about him” at this point: “the Jewish authorities did not believe about him …”
58 Grk “they called.”
59 Or “the man who had gained his sight.”
60 Grk “and they asked them, saying”; the referent (the parents) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
61 The Greek pronoun and verb are both plural (both parents are addressed).
62 Grk “So his parents answered and said.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they sent for the man’s parents. “Is this your son?” they asked. “Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?”

“We know he is our son,” the parents answered, “and we know he was born blind.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Jews did not believe this about him—that he was blind and received sight—until they summoned the parents of the one who had received his sight.

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

“We know this is our son and that he was born blind,” his parents answered.

NLTNew Living Translation

The Jewish leaders still refused to believe the man had been blind and could now see, so they called in his parents. They asked them, “Is this your son? Was he born blind? If so, how can he now see?”

His parents replied, “We know this is our son and that he was born blind,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So the Jews did not believe concerning him that he had been blind and received sight, until they summoned the parents of the one who received sight. And they asked them, saying, “Is this man your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?” So his parents answered and said, “We know that this man is our son, and that he was born blind.

KJV 1900King James Version

But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight. And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see? His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:

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