Referring to the restoration of the blind man in ch. 9. The A.V. is too indefinite. Rev., rightly, of him that was blind.
Have caused, etc.
This saying of the Jews may have been uttered ironically, in which case it throws light on the meaning of groaned in the spirit (Joh 11:33) and of groaning in Himself in the next verse. But the words may have been spoken sincerely.