John 9:22

²⁰ His parents answered, “We know he is our son, and we know he was born blind.

²¹ But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.

²³ That was why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”

²⁴ So a second time they called for the man who had been blind and said, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”

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ÅB: Dette sa hans foreldre fordi de fryktet for jødene; for jødene var allerede kommet overens om at dersom noen bekjente ham å være Messias, skulle han utstøtes av synagogen;
OTB: Hans foreldre sa dette fordi de var redde for de jødiske lederne, som allerede hadde bestemt at alle som anerkjente Jesus som Messias ville bli utstøtt fra synagogen.
B1930: Dette sa hans foreldre fordi de fryktet for jødene; for jødene var allerede kommet overens om at dersom nogen bekjente ham å være Messias, skulde han utstøtes av synagogen;

BSB: His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
KJV: These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
WEB: His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
ASV: These things said his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man should confess him [to be] Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
DARBY: His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if any one confessed him [to be the] Christ, he should be excommunicated from the synagogue.
BLB: His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews already had agreed together that if anyone should confess Him [as] Christ, he would be expelled from the synagogue.

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