And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man who was blind from his birth.
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Theophilus of Antioch
AD 184
This question does not seem a proper one. For the Apostles had not been taught the fond notion of the Gentiles, that the soul has sinned in a previous state of existence. It is difficult to account for their putting it.
Some think that the clay was not laid upon the eyes, but made into eyes.
