“The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?”
The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? — the man's neighbors and those familiar with his blindness (they had 'before had seen him that he was blind') now encounter him seeing and express astonishment. The question 'Is not this he that sat and begged?' indicates they recognize him despite the transformation. His identity as a blind beggar has been so fixed that his sudden sight triggers doubt about his identity.
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