The neighbors therefore, and they who before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
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Theophilus of Antioch
AD 184
See with what good intent they put the question. They donot say, What say you of Him that keeps not the sabbath, but mention the miracle, that He has opened your eyes; meaning, it would seem, to draw out the healed man himself; He has benefited them, they seem to say, and you ought to preach Him.