they therefore question'd the blind man again, what do you say of the man that made you see? he is a prophet, said he.

no man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten son, who is intimate with the father, hath made him known.

but John made them this answer, a man can have no authority, but what he derives from heaven.

they answered him, we are Abraham's offspring, and were never slaves to any man: why then do you say, "ye shall be made free?"

having said this, he spit on the ground, which by means of his saliva he made into clay, wherewith he anointed the eyes of the blind man,

he answered, a man call'd Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me, go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: I went, and washed, and so I saw.