John 9:8,9

Is not this he that sat and begged?

The only doubt arose from the fact that that was. blind beggar, but this man could see. Apparently, he was. well-known beggar, but their surprise was so great that it required his affirmation before they were sure of his identity. "Both beggary and blindness are much more common in the East than with us,--the former owing to unjust taxation, uneven distribution of wealth, and the total absence of public and systematized charities; the latter owing to lack of cleanliness, and to exposure to an almost tropical sun, and to burning sands."-- Abbott.