John 9:30
Good News Translation
The man answered, "What a strange thing that is! You do not know where he comes from, but he cured me of my blindness!

New Revised Standard Version
The man answered, “Here is an astonishing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes.

Contemporary English Version
"How strange!" the man replied. "He healed my eyes, and yet you don't know where he comes from.

New American Bible
The man answered and said to them, “This is what is so amazing, that you do not know where he is from, yet he opened my eyes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The man answered and said to them: why, herein is a wonderful thing, that you know not from whence he is, and he hath opened my eyes.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The man answered and said to them: why, herein is a wonderful thing, that you know not from whence he is, and he hath opened my eyes.

herein.

John 3:10 Jesus answered and said to him: Art thou a master in Israel, and knowest not these things?

John 12:37 And whereas he had done so many miracles before them, they believed not in him:

Isaiah 29:14 Therefore behold I will proceed to cause an admiration in this people, by a great and wonderful miracle: for wisdom shall perish from their wise men, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

Mark 6:6 And he wondered because of their unbelief, and he went through the villages round about teaching.

and yet.

Psalm 119:18 Open thou my eyes: and I will consider the wondrous things of thy law.

Isaiah 29:18 And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind shall see.

Isaiah 35:5 Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

Matthew 11:5 The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Luke 7:22 And answering, he said to them: Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen: the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are made clean, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, to the poor the gospel is preached.

2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Christ Jesus.

Context
The Pharisees Investigate the Healing
29We know that God spoke to Moses: but as to this man, we know not from whence he is. 30The man answered and said to them: why, herein is a wonderful thing, that you know not from whence he is, and he hath opened my eyes. 31Now we know that God doth not hear sinners: but if a man be a server of God and doth his, will, him he heareth.…
Cross References
Matthew 21:42
Jesus saith to them: Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? By the Lord this has been done; and it is wonderful in our eyes.

John 9:29
We know that God spoke to Moses: but as to this man, we know not from whence he is.

John 9:31
Now we know that God doth not hear sinners: but if a man be a server of God and doth his, will, him he heareth.

John 9:29
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