Footnotes

1. John 9:30 tn Grk “The man answered and said to them.” This has been simplified in the translation to “The man replied.”
2. John 9:30 tn Grk “For in this is a remarkable thing.”
3. John 9:30 tn Grk “and he opened my eyes” (an idiom referring to restoration of sight).
4. John 9:31 tn Grk “God does not hear.”
5. John 9:31 tn Or “godly.”
6. John 9:31 tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7. John 9:31 tn Or “hears.”
8. John 9:31 tn Grk “this one.”
9. John 9:32 tn Or “Never from the beginning of time,” Grk “From eternity.”
10. John 9:32 tn Grk “someone opening the eyes of a man born blind” (“opening the eyes” is an idiom referring to restoration of sight).