John 9:21

but how he now seeth, or who opened his eyes, we know not. He hath come to his years, ask him; he will speak for himself.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.

In Context

20And his parents answered and said: We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

22These things said his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had decided, that if any one should confess him to be Messiah, they would expel him from the synagogue.

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Cross References

John 5:5And a certain man was there, who had been diseased thirty and eight years.

John 9:23For this reason his parents said, He hath come to his years, ask him.

Matthew Henry on John 9:14-35

The Cavilling of the Pharisees; The Cavilling of the Pharisees Refuted. 13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. 14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. 15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. 16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such… Read the whole commentary →

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