^9:8Then the neighbors and the people who had seen him previously²¹ as a beggar began saying,²² “Is this not the man²³ who used to sit and beg?” ^9:9Some people said,²⁴ “This is the man!”²⁵ while others said, “No, but he looks like him.”²⁶ The man himself²⁷ kept insisting, “I am the one!”²⁸^9:10So they asked him,²⁹ “How then were you made to see?”³⁰^9:11He replied,³¹ “The man called Jesus made mud,³² smeared it³³ on my eyes and told me,³⁴ ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and was able to see.”³⁵^9:12They said³⁶ to him, “Where is that man?”³⁷ He replied,³⁸ “I don’t know.”

Read in Logos

Footnotes

21 Or “formerly.”
22 An ingressive force (“began saying”) is present here because the change in status of the blind person provokes this new response from those who knew him.
23 Grk “the one.”
24 Grk “Others were saying.”
25 Grk “This is the one.”
26 Grk “No, but he is like him.”
27 Grk “That one”; the referent (the man himself) is specified in the translation for clarity.
28 Grk “I am he.”
29 Grk “So they were saying to him.”
30 Grk “How then were your eyes opened” (an idiom referring to restoration of sight).
31 Grk “That one answered.”
32 Or “clay” (moistened earth of a clay-like consistency).
33 Grk “and smeared.” Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when obvious from the context.
34 Grk “said to me.”
35 Or “and I gained my sight.”
36 Grk “And they said.”
37 Grk “that one.” “Man” is more normal English style for the referent.
38 Grk “He said.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” Some said, “It is he.” Others said, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.” So they said to him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed and received my sight.” They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?” Some claimed that he was.

Others said, “No, he only looks like him.”

But he himself insisted, “I am the man.”

“How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.

He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”

“Where is this man?” they asked him.

“I don’t know,” he said.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

His neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar said, “Isn’t this the one who used to sit begging?” Some said, “He’s the one.” Others were saying, “No, but he looks like him.”

He kept saying, “I’m the one.”

So they asked him, “Then how were your eyes opened?”

He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and told me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So when I went and washed I received my sight.”

“Where is he?” they asked.

“I don’t know,” he said.

NLTNew Living Translation

His neighbors and others who knew him as a blind beggar asked each other, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?” Some said he was, and others said, “No, he just looks like him!”

But the beggar kept saying, “Yes, I am the same one!”

They asked, “Who healed you? What happened?”

He told them, “The man they call Jesus made mud and spread it over my eyes and told me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash yourself.’ So I went and washed, and now I can see!”

“Where is he now?” they asked.

“I don’t know,” he replied.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then the neighbors and those who saw him previously (because he was a beggar) began to say, “Is this man not the one who used to sit and beg?” Others were saying, “It is this man”; others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” That one was saying, “I am he!” So they began to say to him, “How were your eyes opened?” He replied, “The man who is called Jesus made clay and smeared it on my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash!’ So I went, and I washed, and I received sight.” And they said to him, “Where is that man?” He said, “I do not know.”

KJV 1900King James Version

The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he. Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened? He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.

Public Domain