The apostle John wrote how Jesus saw a man who was born blind and healed him by making clay, anointed his eyes, and having him wash in the pool of Siloam. The “blind man's” neighbors “brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. 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. Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keeps not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them”, and in chapter nine and verse seventeen of his book John shared how the Pharisees asked the blind man, “what say you of him, that he has opened your eyes?” where we read:
They said unto the blind man again, What do you say of him, that he has opened your eyes?
He said, He is a prophet.
The verse reads, “They said unto the blind man again, What do you say of him, that he has opened your eyes?” John began with the words, “they said unto the blind man again” which means “the Pharisees uttered, declared, proclaimed and asked the man who was without sight another time”, “what do you say of him” or “what do you, formally blind man, affirm, maintain and speak forth about Jesus”, “that he has opened your eyes” which means “because, since and on account that Jesus has unfastened and unstopped your physical eyes”? John shared how the “Pharisees” asked the man who was formally blind a second time what he thought about the person who “unfastened” his physical eyes.
The verse continues, “He said, He is a prophet.” John added the words, “He said” which means “the man who was formally without sight uttered, declared and proclaimed”, “he is a prophet” or “he, Jesus, exists as one who is moved by the Spirit of God and hence his organ or spokesman and solemnly declares to men what he has received by inspiration, especially concerning future events, and in particular such as relate to the cause and kingdom of God and to human salvation”. John shared how the man who was formally without the ability to see thought Jesus was a “prophet” of God.
When we consider John's words in this verse, we learn how these religious leaders known as the “Pharisees” continued their interrogation of the man who formally could not see. They wanted to know his opinion concerning who Jesus was, and the man told them he thought Jesus was “a prophet”. Jesus is the Son of God, the Messiah, the Christ and Holy One of God, and anyone who yields their life to Him as their personal “Savior and Lord” will be forgiven of their sins and be granted everlasting life with His Father God. Jesus is more than “a prophet”, and even when the most “religious” of people deem Him to be something else, He remains God who came in the flesh to “save” everyone who believes and trusts in Him.
Next time John shares how, “the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
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All references are from "Strongs Concordance".
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