ACC ~ John 9 v19

TWO QUESTIONS TO BRING ABOUT DENIAL

CHRYSOSTOM: Having brought the parents into the middle of the assembly in order to intimidate them, they angrily begin a fierce interrogation: “Is this your son?” Notice, they do not say, “who was born blind” but “who you say was born blind.”… What kind of a father would say such things about his son if they were not true? Why not say at once, “Whom you made blind”?… They try two ways of making them deny the miracle by saying, “who you say was born blind” and then by adding, “How then does he now see?” HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 58.1-2. [1]

[1] NPNF 1 14:208**. In some of the homilies at this point, there is a slight difference in referencing between the Greek text and NPNF. We have chosen to stay with NPNF for ease of access in the English test..

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