John 9:8-9 Then the neighbors and those who saw him previously (because he was a beggar) began to say,* "Is this man not the one who used to sit and beg?"

LEB⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁸ Then the neighbors and those who saw him previously (because he was a beggar) began to say,* "Is this man not the one who used to sit and beg?" ⁹ Others were saying, "It is this man"; others were saying, "No, but he is like him." That one was saying, "I am he!"