João 9:20

20 Responderam seus pais: Sabemos que este é o nosso filho, e que nasceu cego;

João 9:20 Meaning and Commentary

John 9:20

His parents answered them, and said
What follows, which contains distinct answers to the several questions: and to the first they reply very freely, and with great confidence,

we know that this is our son;
for though his receiving his sight made a considerable alteration in him, yet his features were the same; and there might be some marks in his body, which they were acquainted with, by which they knew assuredly he was their son: and if even the neighbours, though they disagreed about him, yet some of them knew him to be the same person that had been blind and begged, then much more his parents; and even those who said it was not he, yet they owned he was like him: and with respect to the second question they answer,

and that he was born blind:
this they were ready to attest, and did attest.

João 9:20 In-Context

18 Os judeus, porém, não acreditaram que ele tivesse sido cego e recebido a vista, enquanto não chamaram os pais do que fora curado,

19 e lhes perguntaram: É este o vosso filho, que dizeis ter nascido cego? Como, pois, vê agora?

20 Responderam seus pais: Sabemos que este é o nosso filho, e que nasceu cego;

21 mas como agora vê, não sabemos; ou quem lhe abriu os olhos, nós não sabemos; perguntai a ele mesmo; tem idade; ele falará por si mesmo.

22 Isso disseram seus pais, porque temiam os judeus, porquanto já tinham estes combinado que se alguém confessasse ser Jesus o Cristo, fosse expulso da sinagoga.