King James Version, with Nii Okai's journal notes · 10 notes
1And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
2And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
Sin can lead to sickness 🤮.
3Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
6When 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,
7And 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.
8The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
9Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.
10Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?
11He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.
12Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.
13They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.
14And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
15Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.
16Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
17They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
18But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.
Why did they not believe? It's not like this was Jesus's first miracle.
They had earlier accused him of casting out spirits by the power of the devil 👿.
This miracle could not be attributed to such. He had performed other notable miracles, so what was their problem?
19And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?
20His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
21But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
22These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
Because of 😱 fear and lack of influence and power, they could not give praise to God for the man who had healed their grown-up son who was born blind.
They could not rejoice and confess the goodness of God because of fear 😱 of the Jews and for public acceptance.
No wonder Jesus said that he who is ashamed of him in this world, the Lord would also be ashamed of him before his Father.
23Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.
24Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.
They were trying to force things down his throat and discredit Jesus at all cost.
But the blind man will have none of that hypocrisy; he was not yet a part of the system.
25He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
26Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?
27He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?
28Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples.
29We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.
30The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
It took such blind honesty to shake these guys awake to the folly of their own logic.
He wasn't part of the system yet; he was blind and was managing on his own.
So he hadn't yet been corrupted by the system.
No wonder, coming in with a clear conscience and possessing his own thoughts without being a man-pleaser, he stated the obvious and most logical conclusion.
But these people were self-deluded and simply dishonest.
Let's be careful, be it in the corporation or the world, lest we be gagged into submission and dishonesty.
Lest our consciences be hurt and weakened till we no longer speak the truth, not even to ourselves.
And you couldn't blame the people in Jesus's time who kept mute 🔕. The leaders were ready to cast anyone out and ban him from the system and privileges if they spoke about Jesus as the Messiah.
If they believed otherwise, that they could freely speak.
31Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
32Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.
33If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
34They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
He did not even confess Jesus as the Christ; he only reasoned logically that he was of God.
And these wicked people cast the man out. A rude awakening for him as to how the world works, and how the so-called custodians of the law of God were more corrupt than any.
Were they not themselves born in sin, as we all are?
Or because he was born blind, they presumed, just as the disciples of Christ asked earlier, that because of sin that was why he was born blind.
Yet we all are born in sin. Though of course they meant that it was some really grave sin that was committed which led to him being born blind.
35Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
36He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?
37And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
JESUS did not cast his pearls before swine 🐽...
To those who were of open, willing and receptive hearts 💕 he plainly told them he was the Christ, but of them that were hardened hypocrites,
he spoke in parables and confused them all the more... That seeing they may not see...
38And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
39And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
40And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
These guys really hang around Jesus. While some of their colleagues had thrown this man out, others hang around him.
Mostly not for good, but to entrap him.
41Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.