⁸ His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, "Isn't this the same man who used to sit and beg?"

⁸ The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, "Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?"

⁸ Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind said, "Is not this he who sat and begged?"