Jesus Makes The Blind Man See
Matthew 12 13 then jesus said to the man stretch out your hand so he stretched it out and it was restored to full use just like the other.
Jesus makes the blind man see. Then jesus spit on the man s eyes and put his hands on him. All the bible commentators remark on this because there is nothing else like it in the gospels. 37 they told him jesus of nazareth is passing by 38 he called out jesus son of david have mercy on me 39 those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet but he shouted all the more son of david have mercy on me.
His neighbors would have shunned him out of fear of having the religious police target them. This blind man then is only the second to ever identify jesus as such and hes not exactly in good company. Jesus came to give sight to the spiritually blind 9 35 38.
Matthew 11 4 jesus replied go back and report to john what you hear and see. Jesus heard that the jewish leaders had kicked this man out of the temple which was a serious matter in that society. Only when jesus touches him a second time can he see clearly.
13 they brought to the pharisees the man who had been blind. 9 as jesus was passing by he saw a man blind from birth. 2 his disciples asked him rabbi who sinned this man or his parents that he was born blind 3 jesus answered it was not that this man sinned or his parents but that god s works might be revealed in connection with him.
The miracle in mark 8 28 is one of the great lessons that jesus taught about faith. Jesus heals a blind man why couldn t the man see right away. Be clean and immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
It was foretold that the messiah would come from the house of david but so far jesus lineage has not been mentioned at all mark is the gospel without any information about jesus family and birth. After the first stage the man can see but his vision is very blurry. Jesus heals a blind man question.
John 9 evangelical heritage version ehv a blind man sees. We know that everything jesus did he did for a purpose. The blind man cannot see the look of compassion which others can see but the saliva or the clay applied to the eye gives force to the word which is heard by the ear.
He put mud on my eyes the man replied and i washed and now i see. 35 as jesus approached jericho a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. 15 therefore the pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight.
36 when he heard the crowd going by he asked what was happening. 14 now the day on which jesus had made the mud and opened the man s eyes was a sabbath. In every case we should remember that the means is chiefly moral preparing in the sufferer a mental condition which can receive the gift of healing and that the physical gift is itself regarded as a stage in the spiritual.
Jesus leads the blind man outside the village possibly to avoid publicity.
