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JOHN 9
INCONSIDERATION! THE DISCIPLES AND THE BLIND MAN (9:1-5)
They look upon the blind man (9:1):
They look beyond the blind man (9:2-5):
What they ask (9:2):
How he answers (9:3-5)
"It was not because of his sins or his parents' sins" (9:3a).
"He was born blind so the power of God could be seen in him" (9:3b-5).
DEMONSTRATION! THE SAVIOR AND THE BLIND MAN (9:6-7):
The mud (9:6):
The miracle (9:7):
SPECULATION! THE NEIGHBORS AND THE BLIND MAN (9:8-12)
Their confusion (9:8-9a):
His clarification (9:9b-12):
INTERROGATION! THE PHARISEES AND THE BLIND MAN (9:13-23):
The man (9:13-17)
The day (9:13-14): Jesus healed him on the Sabbath.
The demand (9:15)
The Pharisees ask the man what happened (9:15a).
The man tells them how Jesus healed him (9:15b).
The division (9:16-17)
Some Pharisees say, "This man Jesus is not from God, for he is working on the Sabbath" (9:16a).
Others say, "How could an ordinary sinner do such miraculous signs?" (9:16b).
The healed man says, "I think he must be a prophet" (9:17).
The parents (9:18-23)
The Pharisees (9:18-19)
"Is this your son?" (9:18-19a).
"Was he born blind?" (9:19b).
"How can he see?" (9:19c).
The parents (9:20-23):
CASTIGATION! THE PHARISEES AND THE BLIND MAN (9:24-34):
Jesus is denounced by the Pharisees (9:24, 26, 28-29).
"We know Jesus is a sinner" (9:24).
"We don't know anything about him" (9:26, 28-29).
Jesus is defended by the blind man (9:25, 27, 30-34).
"1 don't know whether he is a sinner. But I know this: I was blind, and now I can see!" (9:25, 27).
"Never since the world began has anyone been able to open the eyes of someone born blind. If this man were not from God, he couldn't do it" (9:30-33).
SUMMATION! JESUS AND THE BLIND MAN (9:35-41):
That the blind might see (9:39a):
The witness by Jesus (9:35-37):
The worship of Jesus (9:38):
That those who think they can see might be blinded (9:39b-41):