(i) Jesus came into this world for judgment. The other is the miracle of the deaf stammerer (Mark 7:33). They accused the man of being born in sin. Vespasian was very unwilling to do so but was finally persuaded to do as the men asked. It was as if he said: "I am bound to believe in him, I am bound to stand by him because of all that he has done for me." Further, they were well aware that the law recognized that a false prophet could produce false miracles for his own false purposes (Deuteronomy 13:1-5 warns against the false prophet who produces false signs in order to lead people away after strange gods). So the Pharisees asked him again how sight had come to him. Copyright StatementThese files are public domain.Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. his disciples said to him, "who was it who sinned that he was born blind--this man or his parents?" Only the man who realizes his own sin can be forgiven. Surely there is no real contradiction here. If the engineers had cut straight it would have been a distance of 366 yards; but because they cut in a zig-zag, either because they were following a fissure in the rock, or to avoid sacred sites, the conduit is actually 583 yards. If this man was not from God, he could not have done anything." But others said: "How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?" Jesus sent this man to wash in this pool; and the man washed and saw. Here are some of the things which were forbidden on the Sabbath. CHAPTER 9 John 9:1-41.THE OPENING OF THE EYES OF ONE BORN BLIND, AND WHAT FOLLOWED ON IT. The day on which Jesus had made the clay and opened his eyes was the Sabbath day. In any collection of the world's greatest literature his parables would have to be listed. (1-2) The disciples ask a question. (1-7) The account given by the blind man. (i) Jesus does not try to follow out or to explain the connection of sin and suffering. "I have already told you," the man said, "and you did not listen. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this … He says that this man's affliction came to him to give an opportunity of showing what God can do. There is no more vivid character drawing in all literature than this. At its heart is the supreme truth that the glory of God lies in his compassion, and that he never so fully reveals his glory as when he reveals his pity. For Jesus it was true that he had to press on with God's work in the day for the night of the Cross lay close ahead. Many of the rulers in Jerusalem really believed in Jesus, but were afraid to say so "lest they should be put out of the synagogue" (John 12:42). "We are Moses' disciples. They were obviously uncooperative, but at the same time they were afraid. John 9:1-41 The miracle of healing displays Jesus Christ giving sight to the blind. Nothing fortifies men's corrupt hearts against the convictions of the word, more than the high opinion which others have of them; as if all that gained applause with men, must obtain acceptance with God. We must do the works of him who sent me while day lasts; the night is coming when no man is able to work. A staircase of thirty-three rock-cut steps led down to it; and there, from a stone basin, people drew the water. (ii) To this man there was made the great revelation that Jesus was the Son of God. It is good to observe the way and method of God's works, and they will appear the more wonderful. The man who is conscious of his own blindness, and who longs to see better and to know more, is the man whose eyes can be opened and who can be led more and more deeply into the truth. The penalty of loyalty may well be persecution and ostracism at the hands of men; its reward is a closer walk with Christ, and an increasing knowledge of his wonder. "William Barclay's Daily Study Bible". Loyalty always brings revelation; it is to the man who is true to him that Jesus most fully reveals himself. They were annoyed because they could not meet the man's argument which was based on scripture It was: "Jesus has done a very wonderful thing; the fact that he has done it means that God hears him; now God never hears the prayers of a bad man; therefore Jesus cannot be a bad man." Also, that those who see might be made blind; that those who have a high conceit of their own wisdom, might be sealed up in ignorance. If the Pharisees had been brought up in ignorance, they could not have been condemned. 13-34 HE TRUSTED CHRIST Vss. The Jews connected suffering and sin. The man answered: "It is an astonishing thing that you do not know where he comes from, when he opened my eyes. (18-23) They cast him out. He says that it is a sovereign preservative against the poison of serpents; a protection against epilepsy; that lichens and leprous spots can be cured by the application of fasting spittle; that ophthalmia can be cured by anointing the eyes every morning with fasting spittle; that carcinomata and crick in the neck can be cured by the use of spittle. (8-12) The Pharisees question the man that had been blind. The preaching of the cross was thought to be folly by such as by carnal wisdom knew not God. The man who thinks he knows it all, the man who does not realize that he cannot see, is the man who is truly blind and beyond hope and help. They heaped abuse on him. Commentary on John 15:9-17 View Bible Text If last Sunday’s lesson ended on the note of disciples glorifying God the Father through the bearing of “much fruit,” then in this Sunday’s continuation that fruit fairly bursts open as a veritable flood in the exercise of love. They expected a Messiah, but could not bear to think that this Jesus should be he, because his precepts were all contrary to their traditions, and because they expected a Messiah in outward pomp and splendour. Medical attention could be given only if life was in actual danger. As Chrysostom put it: "The Jews cast him out of the Temple; the Lord of the Temple found him." Jesus said to him: "You have both seen him, and he who is talking with you is he." The approach of death should quicken us to improve all our opportunities of doing and getting good. Healing is a work of the God of the Old Testament, as seen in Psalm 146:8, "The L ORD opens the eyes of the blind . "Whether he is a sinner or not," the man answered, "I do not know. (Psalms 66:18). This represents the benefits in attending on ordinances of Christ's appointment; souls go weak, and come away strengthened; go doubting, and come away satisfied; go mourning, and come away rejoicing; go blind, and come away seeing. Christ owns those who own him and his truth and ways. But some of them thought otherwise and declared that no one who did the things Jesus did could be a sinner. "We know that this man is a sinner." The Pool of Siloam was one of the landmarks of Jerusalem; and it was the result of one of the great engineering feats of the ancient world. JOHN 9 COMMENTARY Written and Edited by Glenn Pease Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind 1As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 1. 1-5. as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from birth--and who "sat begging" ( John 9:8). It was accidently discovered by two boys who were wading in the pool. How, then, can he now see?" 5-7 HE TOLD WHAT HAPPENED Vss. When asked his opinion of Jesus in view of the fact that he had given him his sight, his answer was: "He is a prophet" (John 9:17). Your sin remains.". (i) Some of them had the strange notion of prenatal sin. Bibliography InformationBarclay, William. ." "If a man extinguishes a lamp on the Sabbath to spare the lamp or the oil or the wick, he is culpable." The healing of the blind man is presented as a parable of spiritual illumination. Explore John 9 by Verse John 9:1 John 9:2 John 9:3 John 9:4 John 9:5 John 9:6 John 9:7 John 9:8 John 9:9 John 9:10 John 9:11 John 9:12 John 9:13 John 9:14 John 9:15 John 9:16 John 9:17 John 9:18 John 9:19 John 9:20 John 9 The psalmist says: "If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened." Thus he showed his power to help in the most desperate cases, and the work of his grace upon the souls of sinners, which gives sight to those blind by nature. Whatever else, this was a brave man. So some of the Pharisees said: "This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath." It is a fact known to all of us that God does not listen to sinners. The alternative was that the man's affliction was due to the sin of his parents. JOHN 9 6 Outlines John 9 THE SEEING BLIND MAN INTRODUCTION - Vss. With deft and revealing touches John causes the people involved to live before us. (Job 27:9). Napoleon was once in a company in which a number of clever skeptics were discussing Jesus. Away back in the days of Ezra we read of a decree that whosoever did not obey the command of the authorities "his property should be forfeited and he himself banned from the congregation" (Ezra 10:8). John 9 Commentary, One of over 110 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary is from the most widely read and often quoted preacher in history, Charles Haddon Spurgeon Verses 1-41 John 9:1. "How did he open your eyes?" (13-17) They ask concerning him. In the work of grace wrought upon the soul we see the change, but we see not the hand that makes it: the way of the Spirit is like that of the wind, which thou hearest the sound of, but canst not tell whence it comes, nor whither it goes. Much unrighteous and uncharitable judging comes from men's adding their own fancies to God's appointments. ). Obviously in the eyes of such a law to make clay was to work and so to break the Sabbath. He then went to Capernaum for a brief visit (2:12), after which he went to Jerusalem for the Passover festival. "It is you who are his disciple," they said. Shakespeare makes Mark Antony say of Brutus: So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up, And say to all the world, 'This was a man!'". If we become angry and resort to wild words and hot threats, all we prove is that our case is disturbingly weak. Study the bible online using commentary on John 9 and more! So the man went and washed, and came home seeing." And if we know or apprehend anything of Christ, it is because we were first known of him. "But who is he, sir," he answered him, "that I might believe in him?" And they ordered him to get out. Moses guaranteed to Pharaoh that he really was God's messenger by the signs and wonders which he performed (Exodus 4:1-17). John 9:2-3 At some time or other, every human being experiences suffering. Jesus said: "So long as I am in the world I am the light of the world." Ezekiel says of the disobedient people: "Though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them" (Ezekiel 8:18). God gave men the day for work and the night for rest; the day comes to an end and the time for work is also ended. Many live by inflicting pain on others. "You were altogether born in sin" they said to him, "and are you trying to teach us?" When we spend ourselves to help those in trouble, in distress, in pain, in sorrow, in affliction, God is using us as the highway by which he sends his help into the lives of his people. So he went away and washed, and he came able to see. We should never put things off until another time, for another time may never come. That is to say, they accused him of prenatal sin. Bible Study 9 Best Commentaries on the Gospel of John I highlight my favorite commentaries on the fourth gospel written by John to help you select your first or next commentary on the gospel of John. Christ magnified his power, in making a blind man to see, doing that which one would think more likely to make a seeing man blind. And there was a division of opinion among them. He said that Jesus was a prophet. All who believe in him, will worship him. (ii) It was forbidden to heal on the Sabbath. Apply this spiritually. God is always saying to us: "Now is the time." How perfect in wisdom and holiness was our Redeemer, when his enemies could find nothing against him, but the oft-refuted charge of breaking the sabbath! All who have felt the power and grace of the Lord Jesus, wonder at the wilfulness of others who reject him. 9:13-16 They brought him, the man who had been blind, to the Pharisees. In such a case he was publicly anathematized. One thing I do know--I used to be blind and now I can see." Now a prophet is a man who brings God's message to men. Because Otto is fed too much (the … Continue reading "Commentary on John 9:1-41" (ii) He went on to call Jesus a prophet. (iii) Finally the blind man came to confess that Jesus was the Son of God He came to see that human categories were not adequate to describe him. He said to them: "He put clay on my eyes; and I washed; and now I can see." He knew quite well what the Pharisees thought of Jesus. The unbelief of those who enjoy the means of knowledge and conviction, is indeed marvellous. But if a man is a reverent man and does his will, God hears him. "What did he do to you?" Spreading Mud on the Man's Eyes (9:6-7) Now John describes the healing in a few short words. " The synagogue authorities had a powerful weapon, the weapon of excommunication, whereby a man was shut off from the congregation of God's people. Commentary on the Gospel of John Chapter NIne- Introduction: Apparently, Jesus had left the Temple proper, and was outside the Temple mount to the south probably close to the Pool of Siloam. He said: "He is a prophet.". Our life is our day, in which it concerns us to do the work of the day. He told them that they would be put out of the synagogues (John 16:2). It goes through three stages, each one higher than the last. When they saw him, they used the opportunity to put to Jesus a problem with which Jewish thought had always been deeply concerned, and which is still a problem. It is told that when an old saint was dying in an agony of pain, he sent for his family, saying: "Come and see how a Christian can die." (ii) In the time of Jesus the Jews believed in the preexistence of the soul. c 4 We have to do the works of the one who sent me while it is day. 2 And his disciples asked him, c “Rabbi, d who sinned, e this man or f his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but When we read the wisdom of the words of Jesus, we are bound to say: "This is a prophet!" Christ silenced them. To this day, if we burn a finger our first instinct is to put it into our mouth; and there are many who believe that warts can be cured by licking them with fasting spittle. "A man that is called Jesus opened mine eyes" (John 9:11). He is of age. And do you say that he was born blind? Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this. So the Pharisees began with suspicion. 1 * As he passed by he saw a man blind from birth. This section begins with two great spiritual truths. The Pharisees vainly hoped to disprove this notable miracle. I will follow him through heaven and hell. Finding the new version too difficult to understand? Ask himself. Study Hints for Discussion and Thinking Further will help with class There are two senses in which that is true. They did not believe at first that the man had been blind. Before we leave this very wonderful chapter we would do well to read it again, this time straight through from start to finish. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 9:1-7 Christ cured many who were blind by disease or accident; here he cured one born blind. It is better to love Jesus than to love theories about him. Frank Laubach has the great thought that when Christ, who is the Way, enters into us "we become part of the Way. 9:17-34 Now the Jews refused to believe that he had been blind and had become able to see, until they called the parents of the man who had become able to see, and asked them: "Is this your son? If he sees in Jesus nothing to desire, nothing to admire, nothing to love, then he has condemned himself. When Hezekiah realized that Sennacherib was about to invade Palestine he determined to cut through the solid rock a tunnel or conduit from the spring into the city (2 Chronicles 32:2-8; 2 Chronicles 32:30; Isaiah 22:9-11; 2 Kings 20:20). The Greeks had believed that such souls were good, and that it was the entry into the body which contaminated them; but there were certain Jews who believed that these souls were already good and bad. There were two kinds of excommunication. Bible Commentary / Produced by TOW Project Jesus and his disciples see a man born blind (the entire chapter 9). Pliny, the famous Roman collector of what was then called scientific information, has a whole chapter on the use of spittle. To that question the Jewish theologians gave two answers. (Psalms 145:19). We do well sometimes to think of the sheer magnificence of the manhood of Jesus. Their condemnation lay in the fact that they knew so much and claimed to see so well, and yet failed to recognize God's Son when he came. Therein he is our great example. In Acts we twice hear of people who had been helpless from their birth (the lame man at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple in Acts 3:2, and the cripple at Lystra in Acts 14:8), but this is the only man in the gospel story who had been so afflicted. Now is the story of the boring through. Undoubtedly Jesus had broken the Sabbath law, as the scribes had worked it out, and done so in fact in three different ways. In any gallery of the world's heroes he must find a place. Third, they resorted to threatened force. LIGHT FOR THE BLIND EYES (John 9:1-5 continued). John 9 – Jesus Gives Sight to A Man Born Blind A. When Jesus said that, he did not mean that the time of his life and work were limited but that our opportunity of laying hold on him is limited. . He knew quite well that if he came out on Jesus' side he was certain to be excommunicated. Verses 1 through 12 detail this man's miraculous healing. When he was asked his opinion of Jesus, he gave it without hesitation. They brought the man and examined him. (ii) The more knowledge a man has the more he is to be condemned if he does not recognize the good when he sees it. It runs like this: "The boring through is completed. Those that would be healed by Christ must be ruled by him. Jesus warned his disciples that their name would be cast out for evil (Luke 6:22). "The Lord is far from the wicked; but he hears the prayer of the righteous" (Proverbs 15:29). - Bible verse - Bible verse Bible Search Topics Blog What’s New Resources Help About Donate After anointing the man's eyes with spittle, Jesus sent him to wash in the Pool of Siloam. Isaiah talks about their iniquities and the "iniquities of their fathers," and goes on to say: "I will measure into their bosom payment for their former doings" (Isaiah 65:6-7). ... 2. "I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generation" (Exodus 20:5 : compare Exodus 34:7, Numbers 14:18). When Jesus looked on the hungry crowd he had compassion on them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd (Mark 6:34). At this point there does not seem to be open hostility; rather the dilemma represented in 9:16 was real: a man who was good enough to perform the miracle would not have performed it on the Sabbath . A second time they called the man who used to be blind. But it is true for every man. John finishes this story with two of his favourite thoughts. Go to, To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use our convenient, Commentary Critical and Explanatory - Unabridged, Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible, Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures. The engineers began their cutting from both ends and met in the middle--a truly amazing feat for the equipment of the time. John 9 commentary 1. Second, by helping those who are in trouble or in pain, we can demonstrate to others the glory of God. Their zeal for mere rites consumed the substantial matters of religion; therefore Christ would not give place to them. The disciples look on him as a lesson or case study on the sources of sin. He began by being irritated at the persistence of the Pharisees. The Christian's duty is to fill the time he has--and no man knows how much that will be--with the service of God and of his fellow-men. Spittle was held to be very effective in averting the evil eye. And he put the meaning into it that sin awaited man at the door of the womb, as soon as he was born. Also, works of necessity and mercy are allowed, and the sabbath rest is to be kept, in order to the sabbath work. Affliction, sorrow, pain, disappointment, loss always are opportunities for displaying God's grace. In Acts we twice hear of people who had been helpless from their birth (the lame man at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple in Acts 3:2, and the cripple at Lystra in Acts 14:8), but this is the only man in the gospel story who had been so afflicted. The Pharisees were so venomously embittered against Jesus that they were prepared to do what ecclesiastics at their worst have sometimes done--to use ecclesiastical procedure to further their own ends. It was the Sabbath day on which Jesus had made the clay and healed the man. The use of spittle was very common in the ancient world. No doubt the man's thoughts were running on these things when he said that in his opinion Jesus was a prophet. Read John 9 commentary using Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete). "A man may not fill a dish with oil and put it beside a lamp and put the end of the wick in it." Spittle, and especially the spittle of some distinguished person, was believed to possess certain curative qualities. The tunnel is at places only about two feet wide, but its average height is about six feet. The writers of the other gospels had a different point of view; and regarded them as a demonstration of the compassion of Jesus. Study John 9 using John Lightfoot’s Bible Commentary to better understand Scripture with full outline and verse meaning. Work must be done, decisions must be taken, while it is day, before the night comes down. Preaching on John 9:1-41 reminds me of the children’s book A Fish Out of Water, not because of the moral lesson of closely listening to the instructions of persons who know much more than you do, but because Otto, the fish, was indeed a fish out of water. 1. Often we have our differences with people, and it is well that it should be so. (18-23) They cast him out. Both facts are attested to this day, when falsehood can bring no reward, by those who were present on the occasion" (Tacitus, Histories 4: 8 1). His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone acknowledged Jesus to be the Anointed One of God, he should be excommunicated from the synagogue. Conversely they believed that the prayer of a good man was always heard. If any man's Christian witness separates him from his fellow-men, it brings him nearer to Jesus Christ. In any anthology of the loveliest lives ever lived, his would have to be included. This is the only miracle in the gospels in which the sufferer is said to have been afflicted from his birth. They actually believed that a man could begin to sin while still in his mother's womb. The fear of man brings a snare, Proverbs 29:25, and often makes people deny and disown Christ and his truths and ways, and act against their consciences. THE CONTEXT In chapter 2 Jesus worked his first sign, turning water into wine (2:1-12). What do we for our souls? So they asked Jesus their question. But the spring was completely exposed and, in the event of a siege, could be completely cut off, with disastrous consequences. In 1880 a tablet was discovered commemorating the completion of the conduit. Whatever we are to do must be done within it. They dismissed him as a very great man and nothing more. (24-34) Christ's words to the man that had been blind. Jesus is always true to the man who is true to him. (39-41). (8-12) The Pharisees question the man that had been blind. 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