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Contemporary English Version

John 9:12

"Where is he now?" they asked. "I don't know," he answered.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Converts;   Sabbath;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John, gospel of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Holy Ghost;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Beggar;   Error;   Eye (2);   Punishment (2);   Sabbath ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Silence;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Sabbath;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Regeneration;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
They asked him, "Where is this man?" He answered, "I don't know."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
They sayde vnto him: where is he? He sayde: I cannot tell.
Hebrew Names Version
Then they asked him, "Where is he?" He said, "I don't know."
International Standard Version
They said to him, "Where is that man?" He said, "I don't know!"
New American Standard Bible
And they said to him, "Where is He?" He said, "I do not know."
New Century Version
They asked him, "Where is this man?" "I don't know," he answered.
Update Bible Version
And they said to him, Where is he? He says, I don't know.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then said they to him, Where is he? He said, I know not.
English Standard Version
They said to him, "Where is he?" He said, "I do not know."
World English Bible
Then they asked him, "Where is he?" He said, "I don't know."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And I went, and washed, and received sight. Then said they to him, Where is he? He said, I know not.
Weymouth's New Testament
"Where is he?" they inquired, but the man did not know.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei seiden to hym, Where is he? He seide, Y woot not.
English Revised Version
And they said unto him, Where is he? He saith, I know not.
Berean Standard Bible
"Where is He?" they asked. "I do not know," he answered.
Amplified Bible
They asked him, "Where is He?" He said, "I do not know."
American Standard Version
And they said unto him, Where is he? He saith, I know not.
Bible in Basic English
And they said to him, Where is he? His answer was: I have no knowledge.
Complete Jewish Bible
They said to him, "Where is he?" and he replied, "I don't know."
Darby Translation
They said therefore to him, Where is he? He says, I do not know.
Etheridge Translation
They say to him, Where is he ? He saith to them, I know not.
Murdock Translation
They said to him: Where is he? He said to them: I know not.
King James Version (1611)
Then said they vnto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.
New Living Translation
"Where is he now?" they asked. "I don't know," he replied.
New Life Bible
Then they asked him, "Where is He?" He answered, "I do not know."
New Revised Standard
They said to him, "Where is he?" He said, "I do not know."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then they sayd vnto him, Where is he? He sayd, I can not tell.
George Lamsa Translation
They said to him, Where is he? He said to them, I do not know.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they said unto him - Where is, He? He saith - I know not.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they said to him: Where is he? He saith: I know not.
Revised Standard Version
They said to him, "Where is he?" He said, "I do not know."
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde they vnto hym, where is he? He sayde, I can not tell.
Good News Translation
"Where is he?" they asked. "I don't know," he answered.
Christian Standard Bible®
“Where is he?” they asked.
King James Version
Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.
Lexham English Bible
And they said to him, "Where is that man?" He said, "I do not know."
Literal Translation
Then they said to him, Where is that One? He said, I do not know.
Young's Literal Translation
they said, therefore, to him, `Where is that one?' he saith, `I have not known.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde they vnto him: Where is he? He sayde: I can not tell.
Mace New Testament (1729)
then said they to him, where is he? I don't know, said he.
THE MESSAGE
"So where is he?" "I don't know."
New English Translation
They said to him, "Where is that man?" He replied, "I don't know."
New King James Version
Then they said to him, "Where is He?" He said, "I do not know."
Simplified Cowboy Version
They asked, "Where is this Jesus fellow?"The man answered, "I ain't got no idea. I ain't his keeper."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They said to him, "Where is He?" He said, "I do not know."
Legacy Standard Bible
And they said to him, "Where is He?" He *said, "I do not know."

Contextual Overview

8 The man's neighbors and the people who had seen him begging wondered if he really could be the same man. 9 Some of them said he was the same beggar, while others said he only looked like him. But he told them, "I am that man." 10 "Then how can you see?" they asked. 11 He answered, "Someone named Jesus made some mud and smeared it on my eyes. He told me to go and wash it off in Siloam Pool. When I did, I could see." 12 "Where is he now?" they asked. "I don't know," he answered.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Where: John 5:11-13, John 7:11, Exodus 2:18-20

Reciprocal: John 5:15 - and told

Cross-References

Genesis 9:17
The rainbow will be the sign of that solemn promise.
Genesis 9:23
Shem and Japheth put a robe over their shoulders and walked backwards into the tent. Without looking at their father, they placed it over his body.
Genesis 9:25
he said, "I now put a curse on Canaan! He will be the lowest slave of his brothers.
Genesis 9:26
I ask the Lord my God to bless Shem and make Canaan his slave.
Genesis 9:28
Noah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood
Exodus 12:13
The blood on the houses will show me where you live, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. Then you won't be bothered by the terrible disasters I will bring on Egypt.
Exodus 13:16
This ceremony will serve the same purpose as a sign on your hand or on your forehead to tell how the Lord 's mighty power rescued us from Egypt.
Joshua 2:12
Please promise me in the Lord 's name that you will be as kind to my family as I have been to you. Do something to show

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then they said unto him, where is he?.... For Christ had withdrawn himself and was gone; whether on account of the Jews, who he knew would be irritated by this miracle, or whether to avoid all popular applause and glory, which he sought not, is not certain; it may be on both accounts: this question, however, was put, not out of good will to Christ, but that they might apprehend him, and bring him before the sanhedrim, for doing work on the sabbath day; and such enmity there is in carnal men, at the conversion of sinners, their acquaintance, instead of rejoicing at it:

he said I know not; for when he returned from the pool, Jesus was gone: and so it sometimes is, that when Christ has wrought a good work of grace upon the heart, he withdraws himself for a while, and the converted sinner knows not where he is.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 9:12. Where is he? — They had designed to seize and deliver him up to the Sanhedrin, as a violater of the law, because he had done this on the Sabbath day.


 
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