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JOHN 9:7 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
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“And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.”
And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing — Jesus sends the man to the Pool of Siloam (shilōach, meaning 'sent'). The symbolic meaning is explicit: the pool's name ('Sent') echoes Jesus's own self-designation ('he that sent me,' the Father's sending of the Son). The healing is completed through obedience: the man goes, washes, and returns able to see ('came seeing,' ēlthen blepōn). The sight-giving occurs through the mediation of water, the sign of purification and new life. The man's act of faith (going to wash as instructed) cooperates with Jesus's healing power.

Church Fathers on John 9:7

The Jews having rejected Christ’s words, because of their depth, He went out of the temple, and healed the blind man; that His absence might appease their fury, and the miracle soften their hard hearts, and convince their unbelief. And as Jesus passed by, He saw a man which was blind from his birth. It is to be remarked here that, on going out of the temple, He betook Himself intently to this manifestation of His power. He first saw the blind man, not the blind man Him: and…

Chrysostom · 4th century

Mystically, our Lord, after being banished from the minds of the Jews, passed over to the Gentiles. The passage or journey here is His descent from heaven to earth, where He saw the blind man, i.e. looked with compassion on the human race.

Bede · 8th century

For the blind man here is the human race. Blindness came upon the first man by reason of sin: and from him we all derive it: i.e. man is blind from his birth.

Augustine · 4th century
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