Unmistaken Identification

They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet. But 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. And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see? His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: But 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. These 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. Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. He 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. Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes? He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples? Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is. The 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. Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. If this man were not of God, he could do nothing. They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. Jesus 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? He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. And 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. And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.-John 9:17-41***When Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was with his disciples, were walking together in Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, they saw a man who had been born blind. After the disciples questioned Jesus about the man's condition and its relationship to sin, and Jesus answered his disciples, Jesus spat upon the ground and made a muddy clay mixture that he put upon the eyes of the sightless man. Jesus sent the man to wash in a specific pool of water. After obeying Jesus, the man was able to see. However, a question arose regarding the man's true identity, with some people thinking he was the same blind man they had always noticed and others thinking he was not the local blind beggar. When the man was questioned about his new ability to see, he described the actions taken by Jesus, although he did not mention Jesus by name. When the man's fellow Israelites made him stand before the Pharisees, the man repeated his description of events. The Pharisees were a sect of Israelites who strictly followed the commandments, judgments, statutes, and laws, that the Lord God began giving for the Israelites months after Moses and his older brother Aaron led the Israelites away from Egyptian slavery, across the divinely parted Red Sea, and into the desert wilderness of Shur. The Pharisees did not believe that the person responsible for the healing miracle was from the Lord God. The formerly blind man was questioned again, and his parents were also made to stand before the Pharisees and answer questions. The man's parents did not want to get kicked out of the synagogue. Thus, they told the Pharisees to question their son. The formerly blind man was made to stand before the Pharisees again, and they told the man to glorify the Lord God. Moreover, they referred to the unnamed miracle worker as a sinner. After more questions and answers from both sides, and insults from the Pharisees, and reasoning from the man, the Pharisees cast out the newly healed man. When this news reached Jesus, Jesus spoke with the man and identified himself and his mission, within earshot of some of the Pharisees.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26
                                         

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