John 9:8
The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
Cross-reference
John 9:19 continues the same scene as Pharisees question the parents about the healed man's identity.
In Mark 10:46, Bartimaeus is a blind beggar—the same social status and condition as the man in John 9:8, though a different healing account.
Luke 18:35 also describes a blind beggar, closely paralleling the situation of the man here who was blind and begged.
Acts 3:2-11 tells of a lame beggar healed at the temple, a similar miracle story with public amazement and recognition.
1 Samuel 10:11 has the exact 'Is this not the man…?' pattern of astonished recognition after a transformation.
Acts 9:21 echoes the amazed question 'Is this not the man…?' about Saul's conversion, paralleling the neighbors' reaction.
In 1 Samuel 2:8, Hannah praises God for raising the poor from the dust—a theme of lifting the lowly reflected in the blind beggar's healing.