A JEW. Who is this beggar blinking in the sun? Is it not he who used to sit and beg By the Gate Beautiful?
ANOTHER.
It is the same.
A THIRD. It is not he, but like him, for that beggar Was blind from birth. It cannot be the same.
THE BEGGAR. Yea, I am he.
A JEW.
How have thine eyes been opened?
THE BEGGAR. A man that is called Jesus made a clay And put it on mine eyes, and said to me: Go to Siloam's Pool and wash thyself. I went and washed, and I received my sight.
A JEW. Where is he?
THE BEGGAR.
I know not.
PHARISEES.
What is this crowd
Gathered about a beggar? What has happened?
A JEW. Here is a man who hath been blind from birth, And now he sees. He says a man called Jesus Hath healed him.