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John 9:17

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9:17So again they asked the man who used to be blind,53 “What do you say about him, since he caused you to see?”54 “He is a prophet,” the man replied.55

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  1. 53 Grk “the blind man.”
  2. 54 Grk “since he opened your eyes” (an idiom referring to restoration of sight).
  3. 55 Grk “And he said, ‘He is a prophet.’ ” At this point the man, pressed by the Pharisees, admitted there was something special about Jesus. But here, since prophet is anarthrous (is not accompanied by the Greek article) and since in his initial reply in 9:11–12 the man showed no particular insight into the true identity of Jesus, this probably does not refer to the prophet of Deut 18:15, but merely to an unusual person who is capable of working miracles. The Pharisees had put this man on the spot, and he felt compelled to say something about Jesus, but he still didn’t have a clear conception of who Jesus was, so he labeled him a “prophet.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then they turned again to the blind man, “What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.”

The man replied, “He is a prophet.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Again they asked the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he opened your eyes?”

“He’s a prophet,” he said.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then the Pharisees again questioned the man who had been blind and demanded, “What’s your opinion about this man who healed you?”

The man replied, “I think he must be a prophet.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So they said to the blind man again, “What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?” And he said, “He is a prophet.”

KJV 1900King James Version

They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.