He answered, “Whether He is a sinner I do not know. There is one thing I do know: I was blind, but now I see!”
Parallel translations
- WEB He therefore answered, “I don’t know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see.”
- KJV He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
- NKJV He answered and said, “Whether He is a sinner or not I do not know. One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see.”
- NASB He then answered, “Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.”
- NLT “I don’t know whether he is a sinner,” the man replied. “But I know this: I was blind, and now I can see!”
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The man refuses to judge whether Jesus is a sinner but testifies, "Though I was blind, now I see." He holds firmly to what he personally knows.
Overview
Declining to debate Jesus' moral status, the man anchors his testimony in undeniable experience: he was blind and now sees. His simple, honest witness cuts through the leaders' pressure. This verse beautifully illustrates the power of personal testimony to Christ's transforming work, a reality no argument could overturn.
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- 1 Jn 5:10Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.
- John 9:30“That is remarkable indeed!” the man said. “You do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.
- John 5:11But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”
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