John 9:15

15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.

Ver. 15. How he had received his sight ] Gr. how he had recovered his sight. It may be that (to lessen the miracle) they would have had it, that the man had not been born blind, but only recovered that sight that once he had enjoyed. αναβλεπειν proprie est eorum qui videndi facultatem aliquando habuerunt. Malevolence ever strives to deteriorate and deprave that good which it cannot for shame absolutely deny. "An ungodly man diggeth up evil,"Proverbs 16:27; Proverbs 16:27 , and a froward fellow forgeth strife, Proverbs 16:28 ; he digs, and then sows the seed of sedition in every furrow where he can find footing.