8. Itaque vicini, et qui 8. The neighbours therefore, viderant eum prius quia and they who had seen him mendicus erat, dicebant: Nonne before that he was a beggar, hic est qui sedebat et said: Is not this he that sat, mendicabat? Alii dicebant: and begged? Some said: This is Quia hic est. he. 9. Alii autem: Nequaquam, sed 9. But others _said_: No, but similis est ei. Ille vero he is like him. But he said: I dicebat: Quia ego sum. am he. 10. Dicebant ergo ei: Quomodo 10. They said therefore to aperti sunt tibi oculi? him: How were thy eyes opened? 11. Respondit: Ille homo qui 11. He answered: That man that dicitur Iesus, lutum fecit, et is called Jesus, made clay, unxit oculos meos, et dixit and anointed my eyes, and said mihi: Vade ad natatoria Siloe, to me: Go to the pool of et lava, Et abii, et lavi, et Siloe, and wash. And I went, I video. washed, and I see. 11. *He answered: That man* (ὁ ἄνθρωπος is the true reading) *that is called Jesus.* He yet recognises in Christ only a holy man, but refers to Him as one who was well known and much spoken of. 12. Et dixerunt ei: Ubi est 12. And they said to him: ille? Ait: Nescio. Where is he? He saith: I know not. 13. Adducunt eum ad pharisaeos 13. They bring him that had qui caecus fuerat. been blind to the Pharisees. 13. Why they brought him to the Pharisees is not certain; probably in order to have the facts sifted more closely, and perhaps to have Christ condemned of violating the Sabbath (verse 14). 14. Erat autem sabbatum, 14. Now it was the sabbath quando lutum fecit Iesus, et when Jesus made the clay and aperuit oculos eius. opened his eyes. 15. Iterum ergo interrogabant 15. Again therefore the eum pharisaei quomodo Pharisees asked him, how he vidisset. Ille autem dixit had received his sight. But he eis: Lutum mihi posuit super said to them: He put clay upon oculos, et lavi, et video. my eyes, and I washed, and I see. 16. Dicebant ergo ex 16. Some therefore of the pharisaeis quidam: Non est hic Pharisees said: This man is homo a Deo, qui sabbatum non not of God, who keepeth not custodit. Alii autem dicebant: the sabbath. But others said: Quomodo potest homo peccator How can a man that is a sinner haec signa facere? Et schisma do such miracles? And there erat inter eos. was a division among them. 17. Dicunt ergo caeco iterum: 17. They say therefore to the Tu quid dicis de illo qui blind man again: What sayest aperuit oculos tuos? Ille thou of him that hath opened autem dixit: Quia propheta thy eyes? And he said: He is a est. prophet.