John 9:20
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His parents answered them and said: We know that this is our son and that he was born blind:

Context
The Pharisees Investigate the Healing
19And asked them, saying: Is this your son, who you 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 how he now seeth, we know not: or who hath opened his eyes, we know not. Ask himself: he is of age: Let him speak for himself.…
Cross References
John 9:19
And asked them, saying: Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then doth he now see?

John 9:21
But how he now seeth, we know not: or who hath opened his eyes, we know not. Ask himself: he is of age: Let him speak for himself.

Lexicon
His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

parents
γονεῖς (goneis)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1118: A begetter, father; plur: parents. From the base of ginomai; a parent.

answered,
Ἀπεκρίθησαν (Apekrithēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 611: From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.

“We know
Οἴδαμεν (Oidamen)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1492: To know, remember, appreciate.

he
οὗτός (houtos)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

our
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

son,
υἱὸς (huios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

[we know]
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

he was born
ἐγεννήθη (egennēthē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1080: From a variation of genos; to procreate; figuratively, to regenerate.

blind.
τυφλὸς (typhlos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5185: Blind, physically or mentally. From, tuphoo; opaque, i.e. blind.


Additional Translations
His parents answered, “We know he is our son, and we know he was born blind.

Therefore his parents answered and said, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind.

His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:

His parents answered and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:

His parents answered [them] and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

His parents answered and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:

His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:

"We know," replied the parents, "that this is our son and that he was born blind;

His parents answered them, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

His parents answered them and said, 'We have known that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
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