³² Since the world began it was never heard that any one opened the eyes of a man born blind.

⁴ For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen a God besides thee, who worketh for him that waiteth for him.

⁴ Knowest thou `not' this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,

⁷⁰ (As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),

¹⁸ and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since there were men upon the earth, so great an earthquake, so mighty.