Joh 9:1-12 | JFB | STEP | 1-5. as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from birth-- and who "sat begging" ( ).

‏ John 9:1-12

CHAPTER 9 Joh 9:1-41. The Opening of the Eyes of One Born Blind, and What Followed on It.

1-5. as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from birth--and who "sat begging" (Joh 9:8).

6-7. he spat on the ground, and made clay ... and he anointed the eyes of the blind man--These operations were not so incongruous in their nature as might appear, though it were absurd to imagine that they contributed in the least degree to the effect which followed. (See Mr 6:13 and see on Joh 7:33.)

8-15. The neighbours therefore ... said, Is not this he that sat and begged--Here are a number of details to identify the newly seeing with the long-known blind beggar.