9. Others said, “It’s him all right!”But others objected, “It’s not the same man at all. It just looks like him.”He said, “It’s me, the very one.”
10. They said, “How did your eyes get opened?”
11. “A man named Jesus made a paste and rubbed it on my eyes and told me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ I did what he said. When I washed, I saw.”
12. “So where is he?”“I don’t know.”
16. Some of the Pharisees said, “Obviously, this man can’t be from God. He doesn’t keep the Sabbath.”Others countered, “How can a bad man do miraculous, God-revealing things like this?” There was a split in their ranks.
17. They came back at the blind man, “You’re the expert. He opened your eyes. What do you say about him?”He said, “He is a prophet.”
24. They called the man back a second time—the man who had been blind—and told him, “Give credit to God. We know this man is an impostor.”
25. He replied, “I know nothing about that one way or the other. But I know one thing for sure: I was blind . . . I now see.”
26. They said, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
27. “I’ve told you over and over and you haven’t listened. Why do you want to hear it again? Are you so eager to become his disciples?”
34. They said, “You’re nothing but dirt! How dare you take that tone with us!” Then they threw him out in the street.