Today we'll consider act two of a three act drama that plays out in Jerusalem during the final months of Jesus' public ministry. It unfolds sometime in the weeks between the fall Feast of the Tabernacles and the winter Feast of Dedication. Jesus is in Jerusalem with His disciples. They come across a beggar who has been blind from birth. Jesus mixes his spit with the dirt at His feet. Kneading it like bread dough, then spreading it across the man's unseeing eyes. Jesus sends the beggar to the Pool of Siloam (Sent) to wash off the gooey mess. The man sees! The day is Sabbath! The drama has just begun!
Let's continue the account in John 9:13-34.
This morning we'll pull the curtain back on Act 2 ("Once I Was Blind, But Now I See"). Jesus gave sight to a blind beggar on the Sabbath, and the beggar gives a passionate defense of Jesus' power and holiness to the Pharisees.
Let's organize our exegesis like this:
A blind beggar turns the tables on the Jewish elite. (Four words will help us trace that account…) 1. Division (vv.13-17). 2. Interrogation (vv.18-25). 3. Correction (vv.24-33). 4. Indignation (v.34).
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