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John 9:16

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9:16Then some of the Pharisees began to say,48 “This man is not from God, because he does not observe49 the Sabbath.”50 But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner perform51 such miraculous signs?” Thus there was a division52 among them.

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Footnotes

  1. 48 As a response to the answers of the man who used to be blind, the use of the imperfect tense in the reply of the Pharisees is best translated as an ingressive imperfect (“began to say” or “started saying”).
  2. 49 Grk “he does not keep.”
  3. 50 The Jewish religious leaders considered the work involved in making the mud to be a violation of the Sabbath.
  4. 51 Grk “do.”
  5. 52 Or “So there was discord.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.”

But others asked, “How can a sinner perform such signs?” So they were divided.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn’t keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was a division among them.

NLTNew Living Translation

Some of the Pharisees said, “This man Jesus is not from God, for he is working on the Sabbath.” Others said, “But how could an ordinary sinner do such miraculous signs?” So there was a deep division of opinion among them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath!” Others were saying, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?” And there was a division among them.

KJV 1900King James Version

Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.