Then they asked him, “Where is he?” He said, “I don’t know.”
Parallel Translations
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Then they asked him, “Where is he?” He said, “I don’t know.”
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They sayde vnto him: where is he? He sayde: I cannot tell.
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Then they sayd vnto him, Where is he? He sayd, I can not tell.
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Passages linked to John 9:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 2:18-20 When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, “How is it that you have returned so early today?” They said, “An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock.” He said to his daughters, “Where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread.”
- John 5:11-13 He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your mat and walk.’” Then they asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your mat and walk’?” But he who was healed didn’t know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.
- John 7:11 The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, “Where is he?”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 12 Then said they unto him, Where is he?…
12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.
Ver. 12. I know not] For Christ disappeared, as Joh 5:13. {See Trapp on "Joh 5:13"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain They would know where he was; this he knows…
They would know where he was; this he knows not.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then they said unto him, where is he?.... For…
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 For Christ had withdrawn himself and was gone; whether on account of the Jews, who he knew would be irritated by this miracle, or whether to avoid all popular applause and glory, which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.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 12. Where is he?] They had designed to…
Verse 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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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 12. Where is he?—The motive for asking was not…
12. Where is he?—The motive for asking was not hostility, but a natural interest to see and know the author of such a work.
I know not—The man had heard the voice but had never seen the person of his benefactor, until revealed. Joh_9:37. So we have not seen our Saviour; nor will, until his final coming.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. Where is he?] That strange (ekeinos) Rabbi who…
12. Where is he?] That strange (ekeinos) Rabbi who perplexes us so much.
I know not] This shews that he did not return to Jesus after he was healed (Joh_9:7). ‘He said’ should be, He saith.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) I know not.—He had not returned to our…
(12) I know not.—He had not returned to our Lord (Joh_9:7), who was passing by when He spoke to him (Joh_9:1), and by the time the man had gone to the pool and had returned would have gone beyond his knowledge.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain They say unto him, Where is that Man (Jesus)?…
They say unto him, Where is that Man (Jesus)? He saith, I know not.
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