King James Version
John 9:18 in the King James Version says “But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the paren...” — study this verse from John chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.”
John 9:18 · KJV
Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.
And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?
His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“believe”
G4100to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e., credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to ch
“concerning”
G4012properly, through (all over), i.e., around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive cas
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“until”
G2193a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)
“they called”
G5455to emit a sound (animal, human or instrumental); by implication, to address in words or by name, also in imitation
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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