SIL Translator’s Notes on John 9:37

9:37a

You have already seen Him: Jesus indicated to the man that the person he was looking at, Jesus himself, was the Son of Man. Here are other ways to translate this clause:

You have now seen him (New International Version)
-or-
You are now/already looking at him.

9:37b

He is the One speaking with you: Jesus clearly declared that he himself was the Son of Man. Here are other ways to translate this clause:

indeed, it is he who is speaking to you (Revised English Bible)
-or-
The Son of Man is the one talking with you (New Century Version)

In some languages it may be necessary to use a first-person pronoun, because Jesus was talking about himself. For example:

and ⌊I,⌋ the person speaking to you right now, am he

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