17Again they said to the blind man, What have you to say about him for opening your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.
18Now the Jews had no belief in the statement that he had been blind and was now able to see, till they sent for the father and mother of the man whose eyes had been made open,
19And put the question to them, saying, Is this your son, of whom you say that he was blind at birth? how is it then that he is now able to see?
20In answer his father and mother said, We are certain that this is our son and that he was blind at birth:
21But how it is he is now able to see, or who made his eyes open, we are not able to say: put the question to him; he is old enough to give an answer for himself.
22They said this because of their fear of the Jews: for the Jews had come to an agreement that if any man said that Jesus was the Christ he would be put out of the Synagogue.
23That was the reason why they said, He is old enough; put the question to him.
