John 9:8 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Then the neighbors, who had previously seen the man begging, said, “Is not this the man who [used to] sit there and beg?” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When the neighbors and those who used to know him by sight as a beggar saw him, they said, Is not this the man who used to sit and beg? American Standard Version (1901) The neighbors therefore, and they that saw him aforetime, that he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? Common English Bible The man’s neighbors and those who used to see him when he was a beggar said, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?” Catholic Public Domain Version And so the bystanders and those who had seen him before, when he was a beggar, said, "Is this not the one who was sitting and begging?" Some said, "This is he." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The neighbours therefore, and they who had seen him before that he was a beggar, said: Is not this he that sat and begged? Some said: This is he. |
Then they [i.e., Jesus and the twelve apostles] came to Jericho [Note: This was a town about 18 miles northeast of Jerusalem]. As He left there with His disciples and a large crowd, they met a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sitting along side the road.
When her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had extended great mercy toward her [i.e., in giving her a child], they rejoiced with her.
And it happened as Jesus was approaching Jericho [Note: This was a town about eighteen miles northeast of Jerusalem], that a certain blind man was [seen] sitting along side of the road, begging.
Other people said, “[Yes], that is him,” while [still] others said, “No, [it is not]; he [just] looks like him.” The man said, “I am the one, [all right].”