Then they asked him, “Where is he?” He said, “I don’t know.”
Parallel translations
- KJV Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.
- BSB “Where is He?” they asked. “I do not know,” he answered.
- NKJV Then they said to him, “Where is He?” He said, “I do not know.”
- NASB And they said to him, “Where is He?” He *said, “I do not know.”
- NLT “Where is he now?” they asked. “I don’t know,” he replied.
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Cross-references · 3
- John 5:11–13He answered them, “He who made me well, the same said to me, ‘Take up your mat, and walk.’”
- Exod 2:18–20When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, “How is it that you have returned so early today?”
- John 7:11The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, “Where is he?”
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