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But how he now seeth we know not (pōs de nun blepei ouk oidamen). Concerning the third question they profess ignorance both as to the “how” (pōs) and the “who” (tis).
Opened (ēnoixen). First aorist active indicative with single augment of anoigō, same form as ēneōixen (triple augment) in Joh 9:17. They were not witnesses of the cure and had the story only from the son as the Pharisees had.
He is of age (hēlikian echei). “He has maturity of age.” He is an adult. A regular classical phrase in Plato, etc. The parents were wholly right and within their rights.