8 Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was¹ blind said, “Is not this he who sat and begged?”  ‡

9 Some said, “This is he.” Others said,¹ “He is like him.” He said, “I am he.”  ‡

11 He answered and said, ^a“A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to¹ the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received sight.”  ‡

12 Then they said to him, “Where is He?” He said, “I do not know.”