19. They asked them, Is this your son, whom you reported as having been born blind? How then does he see now?
20. His parents answered, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind.
21. But as to how he can now see, we do not know; or who has opened his eyes, we do not know. He is of age. Ask him; let him speak for himself and give his own account of it.
22. His parents said this because they feared [the leaders of] the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should acknowledge Jesus to be the Christ, he should be expelled and excluded from the synagogue.