The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
Parallel translations
- KJV The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
- BSB And the man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
- ESV The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.
- NKJV The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
- NASB The man went away, and informed the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
- NLT Then the man went and told the Jewish leaders that it was Jesus who had healed him.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- John 9:11–12He answered, “A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash.’ So I went away and washed, and I received sight.”
- Mark 1:45But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places: and they came to him from everywhere.
- John 9:25He therefore answered, “I don’t know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see.”
- John 4:29“Come, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Christ?”
- John 9:15Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see.”
- John 9:30The man answered them, “How amazing! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.
- John 5:12Then they asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your mat, and walk’?”
- John 9:34They answered him, “You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?” They threw him out.
- John 1:19This is John’s testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
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