# John 09 📖 [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[John Overview]] [[John 08]] [[John 10]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] [[#🔗 Related Passages]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) ### Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind **Principle**: When Jesus heals, multiple miracles happen. God heals our bodies, but more importantly, He is after our hearts. [[#Verse 01.]] As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. [[#Verse 02.]] “Rabbi,” his disciples asked him, “why was this man born blind? Was it because of his own sins or his parents’ sins?” [[#Verse 03.]] “It was not because of his sins or his parents’ sins,” Jesus answered. “This happened so the power of God could be seen in him.  [[#Verse 04.]] We must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent us. The night is coming, and then no one can work.  [[#Verse 05.]] But while I am here in the world, I am the light of the world.” [[#Verse 06.]] Then he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud over the blind man’s eyes.  [[#Verse 07.]] He told him, “Go wash yourself in the pool of Siloam” (Siloam means “sent”). So the man went and washed and came back seeing! [[#Verse 08.]] His neighbors and others who knew him as a blind beggar asked each other, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”  [[#Verse 09.]] Some said he was, and others said, “No, he just looks like him!” But the beggar kept saying, “Yes, I am the same one!” [[#Verse 10.]] They asked, “Who healed you? What happened?” [[#Verse 11.]] He told them, “The man they call Jesus made mud and spread it over my eyes and told me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash yourself.’ So I went and washed, and now I can see!” [[#Verse 12.]] “Where is he now?” they asked. “I don’t know,” he replied. ## The Healed Man's Testimony **Principle**: Your testimony will not always be received. [[#Verse 13.]] Then they took the man who had been blind to the Pharisees,  [[#Verse 14.]] because it was on the Sabbath that Jesus had made the mud and healed him.  [[#Verse 15.]] The Pharisees asked the man all about it. So he told them, “He put the mud over my eyes, and when I washed it away, I could see!” [[#Verse 16.]] Some of the Pharisees said, “This man Jesus is not from God, for he is working on the Sabbath.” Others said, “But how could an ordinary sinner do such miraculous signs?” So there was a deep division of opinion among them. [[#Verse 17.]] Then the Pharisees again questioned the man who had been blind and demanded, “What’s your opinion about this man who healed you?” The man replied, “I think he must be a prophet.” [[#Verse 18.]] The Jewish leaders still refused to believe the man had been blind and could now see, so they called in his parents.  [[#Verse 19.]] They asked them, “Is this your son? Was he born blind? If so, how can he now see?” [[#Verse 20.]] His parents replied, “We know this is our son and that he was born blind, [[#Verse 21.]] but we don’t know how he can see or who healed him. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”  [[#Verse 22.]] His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who had announced that anyone saying Jesus was the Messiah would be expelled from the synagogue.  [[#Verse 23.]] That’s why they said, “He is old enough. Ask him.” [[#Verse 24.]] So for the second time they called in the man who had been blind and told him, “God should get the glory for this, because we know this man Jesus is a sinner.” [[#Verse 25.]] “I don’t know whether he is a sinner,” the man replied. “But I know this: I was blind, and now I can see!” [[#Verse 26.]] “But what did he do?” they asked. “How did he heal you?” [[#Verse 27.]] “Look!” the man exclaimed. “I told you once. Didn’t you listen? Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples, too?” [[#Verse 28.]] Then they cursed him and said, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses!  [[#Verse 29.]] We know God spoke to Moses, but we don’t even know where this man comes from.” [[#Verse 30.]] “Why, that’s very strange!” the man replied. “He healed my eyes, and yet you don’t know where he comes from?  [[#Verse 31.]] We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but he is ready to hear those who worship him and do his will.  [[#Verse 32.]] Ever since the world began, no one has been able to open the eyes of someone born blind.  [[#Verse 33.]] If this man were not from God, he couldn’t have done it.” [[#Verse 34.]] “You were born a total sinner!” they answered. “Are you trying to teach us?” And they threw him out of the synagogue. ### Spiritual Blindness **Principle**: It's possible to know theology and not know Jesus. [[#Verse 35.]] When Jesus heard what had happened, he found the man and asked, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” [[#Verse 36.]] The man answered, “Who is he, sir? I want to believe in him.” [[#Verse 37.]] “You have seen him,” Jesus said, “and he is speaking to you!” [[#Verse 38.]] “Yes, Lord, I believe!” the man said. And he worshiped Jesus. [[#Verse 39.]] Then Jesus told him, “I entered this world to render judgment—to give sight to the blind and to show those who think they see that they are blind.” [[#Verse 40.]] Some Pharisees who were standing nearby heard him and asked, “Are you saying we’re blind?” [[#Verse 41.]] “If you were blind, you wouldn’t be guilty,” Jesus replied. “But you remain guilty because you claim you can see. ## ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ###### Verse 26. ###### Verse 27. ###### Verse 28. ###### Verse 29. ###### Verse 30. ###### Verse 31. ###### Verse 32. ###### Verse 33. ###### Verse 34. ###### Verse 35. ###### Verse 36. ###### Verse 37. ###### Verse 38. ###### Verse 39. ###### Verse 40. ###### Verse 41. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write down things that are not straight from commentary but interesting facts that ground the text in history. %% ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarizing what happens in this chapter. - What is the main event or teaching? - How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story? - What stands out immediately? Anything Apologetic to point out? %% ## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application **Today, I can apply this chapter by:** - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 %%Make these very practical: - "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation." - "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular." Think: - What do we learn about God here? - What do we learn about people? - Are there promises, commands, or warnings? %% ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of important verse." - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of another important verse." (You can link to deeper notes if you want later.) %% ## 🔗 Related Passages - 🔗 coming soon. - 🔗 coming soon. %% Examples: - John 1:1 and Genesis 1 - Romans 5 and Genesis 3 %% ## 🙏 Devotional **Reflection** [[John 09- SOAP]] --- ## 📂 Tags