Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him — Jesus rejects both possible sources of sin ('neither this man sinned, nor his parents') and reframes the blindness entirely. It is not a punishment but an occasion: 'that the works of God should be made manifest in him.' The blindness exists so that God's works (erga, deeds, particularly miraculous works) might be revealed. This is a radical reorientation: physical affliction becomes a canvas for divine action. The man's suffering serves a greater purpose—the revelation of God's power and Jesus's identity.

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