King James Version

John 9:18

But 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.

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Οὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἐπίστευσανepisteusanbelieveπιστεύω (pisteuō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “believe”, a single actionG4100I believe, have faith in, trust in; pass: I am entrusted with.This verse uses “believe”.believeοὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἸουδαῖοιioudaioiJewishἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “Jewish”, the subject formG2453Jewish.περὶpericoncerningπερίpreposition — “concerning”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.This verse uses “concerning”.concerningαὐτοῦautouhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatἦνēnhe had beenεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he had been”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.he had beenτυφλὸςtuphlosblindτυφλόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “blind”, the subject formG5185blind, physically or mentally.blindκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀνέβλεψενaneblepsenreceived his sightἀναβλέπω (anablepō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “received his sight”, a single actionG308I look up, recover my sight.received his sightἕωςheōsuntilἕωςpreposition — “until”G2193(a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until.This verse uses “until”.untilὅτουhotouwhoὅστις (hostis)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “who”, the of-formG3748whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.ἐφώνησανephōnēsanthey calledφωνέω (phōneō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they called”, a single actionG5455I give forth a sound, hence: (a) of a cock: I crow, (b) of men: I shout, (c) trans: I call (to myself), summon; I invite, address.they calledτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.γονεῖςgoneisparentsγονεύς (goneus)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “parents”, the object formG1118a begetter, father; plur: parents.the parentsαὐτοῦautouof himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.of himτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀναβλέψαντοςanablepsantosthat had received his sightἀναβλέπω (anablepō)verb, aorist active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “that had received his sight”, a single actionG308I look up, recover my sight.that had received his sight

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and he said — 'He is a prophet.' The Jews, therefore, did not believe concerning him that he was blind and did receive sight, till that they called the parents of him who received sight,

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American Standard Version (1901)

The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight,

Young’s Literal Translation

and he said — 'He is a prophet.' The Jews, therefore, did not believe concerning him that he was blind and did receive sight, till that they called the parents of him who received sight,

World English Bible

The Jews therefore didn’t believe concerning him, that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,

Darby Translation

The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him that he was blind and had received sight, until they had called the parents of him that had received sight.

Douay-Rheims

The Jews then did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight,

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