], 16 Some therefore of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. 39 Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.” 40 Some of the Pharisees near him heard this, and they said to him, “Are we also blind?” 41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains. John 9:1-7 A man that was born blind receiveth sight. ], 22 These things said his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed [informally] already, that if any man should confess that him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. The Hard-Knock Life of Disability. how then doth he now see? For there to be spiritual sight, Jesus must first open blind eyes. There is a connection between this man’s blindness and the reality that Jesus is God Almighty and the purpose of God in this man’s disability. His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" The disciples know that the man has no invisible soul that existed before he was born, yet they may wonder whether a person might sin while in his mother’s womb. But, then the former blind man was healed spiritually when he came to understand that Jesus was the son of God. We agree with DeWette that his expulsion from a hall "would not be important enough to occasion verse 35. St Augustine suggests: "The blind man is the human race." The answer is devastating:  v. 41 “If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains. Lewis Robin is a man, blind from birth, who has recently had an operation facilitating sight, growing … So ask God to open your eyes, and let’s walk with Jesus, in the light, through this text of God’s word in John 9:1–4. John 9 is the ninth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.It maintains the previous chapter's theme "Jesus is light", recording the healing of a man who had been blind from birth, a miracle performed by Jesus, and their subsequent dealings with the Pharisees. 32 Since the world began it was never heard that any one opened the eyes of a man born blind. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. 10 They said therefore unto him, How then were thine eyes opened? 1. 25 He therefore answered, Whether he is a sinner, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. [Each party asked the opinion of the blind man, hoping to get something to aid their side of the argument--one party trusting to the man's gratitude, and the other to his fear of the rulers.] Jesus, in his response does not engage this baseless argument, rather he looks for a greater purpose for the malady i.e. His disciples asked him,“Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered,“Neither he nor his parents sinned; it is so that the works of God might be made visible through him." Second, because the man born blind was unable to see, he could not seek Jesus. When Jesus arrived on the scene, everything changed, and the man was made to see. The sheer cruelty and crass indifference to human suffering is staggering in my mind. ], 17 They [both parties] say therefore unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, in that he opened thine eyes? “The man we meet in this chapter was born blind; he had never seen the beauty of God’s creation or the faces of his loved ones. Like the man born blind, we too enter this world fundamentally blind, blind to what matters most, unless we allow Christ to enlighten the eyes of our hearts (cf. Mark 8:24. ἀναβλέψας] after he had looked up (Mark 6:41, Mark 7:34). ], 31 We know [he takes up their style of speech] that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth. 14 Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. John 9 is the ninth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.It maintains the previous chapter's theme "Jesus is light", recording the healing of a man who had been blind from birth, a miracle performed by Jesus, and their subsequent dealings with the Pharisees. Giving sight to the blind is also a work of the Messiah, as prophesied in Isaiah 35:4-5, "He will come and save you. [Such was the teaching of the Old Testament-- Proverbs 15:29 ; Isaiah 1:15 ; Micah 3:4 ; James 5:16 James 5:17 . 4 We must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day; night comes, when no one can work. Free eBook: Getting Through the Storms in Life, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him.

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