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John 9:20 KJV
John · chapter 9 · verse 20
His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:John 9:20 · King James Version
John 9:20 in context
18But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.
19And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?
20His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
21But 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.
22These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- answeredapokrinomaito give an answer to a question proposed, to answer, to begin to speak, but always where…G611 →
- parentsgoneusfathers, parent, the parentsG1118 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- knoweidōto see, to perceive with the eyes, to perceive by any of the senses, to perceive, notice…G1492 →
- borngennaōof men who fathered children, to be born, to be begotten, of women giving birth to…G1080 →
- sonyhiosa son, rarely used for the young of animals, generally used of the offspring of men, in a…G5207 →
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One would have expected that such a miracle as Christ wrought upon the blind man would have settled his reputation, and silenced and shamed all opposition, but it had the contrary effect; instead of being embraced as a prophet for it, he is prosecuted as a criminal. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-34