"Sincethe beginning of timeit has neverbeen heardthat anyoneopenedthe eyesof a personbornblind.
"Do you knowthisfrom of old,From the establishmentof manon earth,
For from daysof oldthey have not heardorperceivedby ear,Norhas the eyeseena GodbesidesYou, Who actsin behalf of the one who waitsfor Him.
As He spokeby the mouthof His holyprophetsfrom of old--
Otherswere saying,"Theseare not the sayingsof one demon-possessed.A demoncannotopenthe eyesof the blind,can he?"
"We knowthat Goddoes not hearsinners;but ifanyoneis God-fearingand doesHis will,He hearshim.
"Ifthis manwere not from God,He coulddonothing."
And there were flashes of lightningand soundsand peals of thunder;and there was a greatearthquake,suchas there had not beensincemancameto be upon the earth,sogreatan earthquake[was it, and] somighty.
