"Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth … He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. And He said to him, ‘Go wash in the pool of Siloam.’ … The neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind said, ‘Is not this he who sat and begged? … How were your eyes opened?’ He answered and said, "A Man called Jesus … " (John 9:1, 6-8, 10-11) The night air was cold in the city. Well-dressed people were passing on the sidewalk, laughing and talking as they celebrated the boisterous spirit of the season.