They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, for that he hath opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet — the Pharisees turn back to the healed man, asking his judgment of Jesus ('What sayest thou of him?'). The man's answer has developed: 'He is a prophet' (prophētēs). This is an advance from his initial identification ('a man called Jesus'); he now recognizes prophetic authority and function. A prophet, in Jewish thought, speaks for God and performs works of God. Yet the title 'prophet' falls short of the full truth (Jesus is more than prophet), and the Pharisees will press him to further positions.

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