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John
  
b) The Jews interrogate the healed man
(John 9:13–34)
13They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.14Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.15The Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see."


Jewish life was a prison of legalism; they were more concerned about Sabbath-breaking than the joy of healing. The neighbors and spies brought the cured man to the Pharisees to decide whether the healing was of God or by satanic agencies.
So began the interrogation and discussion on Jesus. The young man cured described the way the healing had taken place. He shortened his statement, as his joy in healing had been muddied by the hatred of Jesus’ foes.