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John 9:8

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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?”

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Footnotes

  1. 21 Or “formerly.”
  2. 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.
  3. 23 Grk “the one.”

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?”

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?”

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?”

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?”

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?”

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?