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Therefore they asked the blind man again, “What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”
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Verse 17. The Hebrews gave the name of prophet to all those who were honoured by the Almighty in a particular manner. And it was a maxim amongst them, that a prophet could dispense with the law of the sabbath. Cal.—Do you wish to know what he believed Jesus to be? asks Saint Augustine. And falling down, he adored him. Before, he regarded him as a holy man, as a prophet; but he did not adore him until he understood him to be the Son of God; whereas no sooner did he know this, than, falling down, he paid him that sovereign worship which is due to God alone. Calmet.
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