The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, х tuflos (G5185)]. The true reading here appears plainly to be, 'that he was a beggar' х hoti (G3754) prosaitees (G4319a) een (G2258)] - this being what would most immediately identify him, as the following words indeed show. So all recent critical editors, and nearly all critical expositors. Said, Is not this he that sat and begged?