18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.



Ver. 18. But the Jews did not believe] The Pharisees, who held themselves the only Jews, that is, true confessors; like as the Swenckfeldians entitled themselves the "confessors of the glory of Christ;" the Anabaptists style themselves the "meek of the earth;" the Antinomians will needs be called the "hearers of the gospel and of free grace," &c.