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13. They brought, &c. Better, they bring him to the Pharisees, him that once was blind. These friends and neighbours are perhaps well-meaning people, not intending to make mischief. But they are uncomfortable because work has been done on the Sabbath, and they think it best to refer the matter to the Pharisees, the great authorities in matters of legal observance and orthodoxy (comp. John 7:47-48). This is not a meeting of the Sanhedrin. S. John's formula for the Sanhedrin is -the chief priests and (the) Pharisees" (John 7:45; John 11:47; John 11:57; John 18:3), or -the Pharisees and the chief priests" (John 7:32).

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