King James Version
John 9:20 in the King James Version says “His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:” — study this verse from John chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:”
John 9:20 · King James Version
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:
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.
These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
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Compare 4 commentaries from different scholars and time periods for a richer understanding.
“answered”
G611to conclude for oneself, i.e., (by implication) to respond; by hebraism (compare h6030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected)
“His”
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
“His”
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
“We know”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
“son”
G5207a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“he was born”
G1080to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate
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