John 9:15

9:15 So the Pharisees asked him again how he had gained his sight. ¹  He replied, ²  “He put mud ³  on my eyes and I washed, and now ⁴  I am able to see.”

John 9:25

9:25 He replied, ⁵  “I do not know whether he is a sinner. I do know one thing – that although I was blind, now I can see.”

John 9:30

9:30 The man replied, ⁶  “This is a remarkable thing, ⁷  that you don’t know where he comes from, and yet he caused me to see! ⁸ 

John 9:34

9:34 They replied, ⁹  “You were born completely in sinfulness, ¹⁰  and yet you presume to teach us?” ¹¹  So they threw him out.

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¹ tn Or “how he had become able to see.”

sn So the Pharisees asked him. Note the subtlety here: On the surface, the man is being judged. But through him, Jesus is being judged. Yet in reality (as the discerning reader will realize) it is ironically the Pharisees themselves who are being judged by their response to Jesus who is the light of the world (cf. 3:17-21).

² tn Grk “And he said to them.”

³ tn Or “clay” (moistened earth of a clay-like consistency).

⁴ tn The word “now” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied to indicate the contrast between the man’s former state (blind) and his present state (able to see).

⁵ tn Grk “Then that one answered.”

⁶ tn Grk “The man answered and said to them.” This has been simplified in the translation to “The man replied.”

⁷ tn Grk “For in this is a remarkable thing.”

⁸ tn Grk “and he opened my eyes” (an idiom referring to restoration of sight).

⁹ tn Grk “They answered and said to him.” This has been simplified in the translation to “They replied.”

¹⁰ tn Or “From birth you have been evil.” The implication of this insult, in the context of John 9, is that the man whom Jesus caused to see had not previously adhered rigorously to all the conventional requirements of the OT law as interpreted by the Pharisees. Thus he had no right to instruct them about who Jesus was.

¹¹ tn Grk “and are you teaching us?”