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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“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)“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“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“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 DomainOther passages that echo John 9:21 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- John 5:5One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
- John 9:10“How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.
- John 9:23That was why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
- Acts 9:33There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).