9:8 Then the neighbors and the people who had seen him previously 1 as a beggar began saying, 2 “Is this not the man 3 who used to sit and beg?”
[9:8] 1 tn Or “formerly.”
[9:8] 2 tn An ingressive force (“began saying”) is present here because the change in status of the blind person provokes this new response from those who knew him.
[9:8] 3 tn Grk “the one.”
