The apostle John wrote how Jesus saw a man who was born blind and healed him by making clay, putting the clay in his eyes, and having him wash in the pool of Siloam. When the “blind man's” neighbors asked him “how were your eyes opened?”, the man said, “a man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash”. The neighbors then asked, “ Where is he? He said, I know not. They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes”, and in chapter nine and verse fifteen of his book John shared how “the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight” where we read:
Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight.
He said unto them, He put clay upon my eyes, and I washed, and do see.
The verse reads, “Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight.” John began with the words, “then again the Pharisees” which means “therefore, wherefore and on this account the to the men who belonged to the sect that seems to have started after the Jewish exile. In addition to Old Testament books the Pharisees recognized in oral tradition a standard of belief and life” “also asked him” or “even so and indeed inquired of and questioned the blind man as to” “how he had received his sight” which means “what manner the blind man gained and recovered his vision and ability to see”. John shared how “the Pharisees” questioned the “formally blind man” as to the manner in which his “sight” was recovered.
The verse continues, “He said unto them, He put clay upon my eyes, and I washed, and do see.” John added the words, “He said unto them” which means “the blind man uttered, declared and proclaimed to the Pharisees”, “He put clay upon my eyes” or “He, Jesus, anointed and smeared wet mud on my physical eyes”, “and I washed” which means “and I, the formally blind man, cleansed and performed ablution”, “and do see” or “and am able and capable of vision and sight”. John shared the formally blind man told the “Pharisees” how Jesus “anointed” his physical eyes with wet mud, the blind man cleansed them and he was able to “see”.
When we meditate upon John's words in this verse, we learn how the “Pharisees” desired to know how the “blind man” received his sight. He told them the process Jesus used by which he was able to see. We will learn how the “Pharisees” respond to the blind man's healing, but for now let us realize this man became a witness to his miracle, and he was now a “witness” concerning Jesus Christ. Those who have been “touched” and “healed” physically or spiritually by Jesus desire to share Him with others, and those who examine the life of Jesus will understand that He came to “save” everyone who will believe and trust in Him. People who are wise will carefully examine Jesus' work among them and yield their lives to the only one who was sent by God the Father to be the “Savior and Lord” of the world.
Next time John shares how the Pharisees say, “this man is not of God”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
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