[So], they brought the man, who had been blind, to the Pharisees.
Now the leading priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where Jesus was, he was to report it, so they could arrest Him.
So, the Pharisees were saying among themselves, “Look, you men are getting nowhere [in this situation]. See, the [whole] world has gone after him.”
However, even many [Jewish] leaders believed in Him, but did not admit it, for fear of being expelled from the synagogue.
Then the people said to the man, “Where is he?” “I do not know,” he replied.
Now it was the Sabbath day when Jesus had made the mud and restored the man’s sight.