John 9:34-41

34 They answered and said to him, "You were born completely in sin, and are you attempting to teach us?" And they threw him out.

Jesus as the Son of Man

35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"
36 He answered and said, "And who is [he], sir, that I may believe in him?"
37 Jesus said to him, "You have both seen him, and he is the one who is speaking with you." [[
38 And he said, "I believe, Lord!" and he worshiped him.
39 And Jesus said,]] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind!"
40 [Some] of the Pharisees who were with him heard these [things] and said to him, "We are not also blind, [are we]?"
41 Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now you say, 'We see,' your sin remains.

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. *Here the present tense is translated as a conative present ("attempting to teach")
  • [b]. A number of important manuscripts lack v. 38 and the first part of v. 39 ("and Jesus said")
  • [c]. *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase "[are we]"
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