“When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,”
When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of his spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay — Jesus performs the healing through a process: spitting on the ground, making clay (a mixing of saliva and earth), and anointing the blind man's eyes with the clay. The method is tactile and intimate. The use of spittle echoes Old Testament healing narratives (Mark 7:33) and suggests the transfer of life-power. The making of clay from earth recalls Genesis 2:7 (God forming man from dust), suggesting a re-creation. The healing is not instantaneous through a word but mediated through physical action and material.
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