John 9:21

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.””

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BSBPD

“But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“but how he now seeth, we know not; or who opened his eyes, we know not: ask him; he is of age; he shall speak for himself.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and how he now seeth, we have not known; or who opened his eyes, we have not known; himself is of age, ask him; he himself shall speak concerning himself.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 9:21 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Luke 8:43including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her.
  2. John 5:5One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
  3. John 9:10“How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.
  4. John 9:23That was why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
  5. Acts 9:33There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.

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