The neighbors of the young man, and those who knew him before in his blindness, said, "Is not this he that sat and begged?" They looked upon him with doubt; for when his eyes were opened, his countenance was changed and brightened, and he appeared like another man. From 472 one to another the question passed. Some said, "This is he;" others, "He is like him." But he who had received the great blessing settled the question by saying, "I am he." He then told them of Jesus, and by what means he had been healed, and they inquired, "Where is He? He said, I know not."

Den unge mands naboer og de, som tidligere havde kendt ham som blind, sagde: Er det ikke ham, der sad og tiggede? De så tvivlrådigt på ham, for nu, hvor hans øjne var blevet åbnede, var hans ansigt forandret og gladere, og han lignede et andet menneske. Fra den ene til den anden lød dette spørgsmål. Nogle sagde: Det er ham, og andre: Nej, det er en, der ligner ham. Men han, som havde fået den store velsignelse, afgjorde sagen ved at sige: Det er mig Så fortalte han dem om Jesus, og på hvilken måde han var blevet helbredt, og de spurgte: Hvor er han? Han siger: Det ved jeg ikke.