John 9:17

John 9:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
• New International Version (NIV)Then they turned again to the blind man, “What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.” The man replied, “He is a prophet.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)So they said again to the blind man, "What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."
• New King James Version (NKJV)They said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him because He opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”

Context of John 9:17

15Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said to them, He put clay upon my eyes, and I washed, and do see. 16Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them. They say to the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thy eyes? He said, He is a prophet. 18But 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. 19And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?

John 9:17 word by word

λέγουσιν οὖν τῷ τυφλῷ πάλιν· τί σὺ λέγεις περὶ αὐτοῦ ὅτι ἠνέῳξέν σου τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν ὅτι προφήτης ἐστίν.Read the interlinear

• sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• manτυφλόςtuphlos · blindG5185
• againπάλινpalin · againG3825
• Whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• thouσύsu · youG4771
• ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• openedἀνοίγωanoigō · to openG455
• thyσοῦsou · youG4675
• eyesὀφθαλμόςophthalmos · eyeG3788
• saidεἶπονepō · to sayG2036
• isἐστίesti · he isG2076
• prophetπροφήτηςprophētēs · prophetG4396

Cross-references for John 9:17

• John 4:19The woman saith to him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
• John 6:14Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus performed, said, This is truly that prophet that should come into the world.
• Luke 24:19And he said to them, What things? And they said to him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
• Acts 2:22Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
• Acts 3:22For Moses truly said to the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you of your brethren, like me; him shall ye hear in all things whatever he shall say to you.
• Acts 10:38That God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by the devil; for God was with him.

Commentaries on John 9:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17He is a prophet - They had intended to lay snares for the poor man, that, getting him to acknowledge Christ for the Messiah, they might put him out of the synagogue, John 9:22, or put him to death, that such a witness to the Divine power of Christ might not appear against them. But, as the mercy of God had given him his sight, so the wisdom of God taught him how to escape the snares laid for his ruin. On all thy glory there shall be a defense, says the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17What sayest thou of him? … - The translation here expresses the sense obscurely. The meaning is, “What sayest thou of him for giving thee sight?” (Campbell); or, “What opinion of him hath this work of power and mercy to thee wrought in thee?” (Hammond). He is a prophet - That is “I think that the power to work such a miracle proves that he is sent from God. And though this has been done on the Sabbath, yet it proves that he must have been sent by God, for…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-17Verses 13-17 Christ not only worked miracles on the sabbath, but in such a manner as would give offence to the Jews, for he would not seem to yield to the scribes and Pharisees. Their zeal for mere rites consumed the substantial matters of religion; therefore Christ would not give place to them. Also, works of necessity and mercy are allowed, and the sabbath rest is to be kept, in order to the sabbath work. How many blind eyes have been opened by the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17The man had already identified his healer (9:11, 16). Now he made his own spiritual judgment, calling Jesus a prophet.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1716-17. This man is not of God, &c.--(See on Joh 5:9; Joh 5:16). Others said, &c.--such as Nicodemus and Joseph.Read the comment

Topics related to John 9:17

• Converts
• Faith
• Jesus Continued
• Sabbath
• Testimony

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on John 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings