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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).

The former blind man is thrown out of the synagogue (9:34).

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):