They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.
The man had been blind from birth. Jesus restored his sight, giving sight to the man who had been blind. After the healing, he was brought to the Pharisees. His neighbors were the ones who brought him, for questioning, and the Pharisees questioned him about how he had been healed.
At that time he had not yet learned that Jesus was the one who had healed him, and afterward Jesus revealed Himself to him as the Son of God and he worshiped Him. The miracle was convincing evidence of the divine mission of Jesus. Jealousy, prejudice, and unbelief led the Pharisees to resist that evidence and to try to silence the healed man.
The Pharisees were astonished by the cure but were hostile because the healing had been done on the Sabbath, and they argued from it that He was not from God because He did not keep the Sabbath as they understood it. Others were moved by the miracle to ask whether a sinner could do such works. In self-righteousness the Pharisees despised the healed man with sneers and hatred, while Christ as the compassionate Shepherd sought to save him.
The man had been blind from birth. Jesus restored his sight, giving sight to the man who had been blind. After the healing, he was brought to the Pharisees. His neighbors were the ones who brought him, for questioning, and the Pharisees questioned him about how he had been healed.
At that time he had not yet learned that Jesus was the one who had healed him, and afterward Jesus revealed Himself to him as the Son of God and he worshiped Him. The miracle was convincing evidence of the divine mission of Jesus. Jealousy, prejudice, and unbelief led the Pharisees to resist that evidence and to try to silence the healed man.
The Pharisees were astonished by the cure but were hostile because the healing had been done on the Sabbath, and they argued from it that He was not from God because He did not keep the Sabbath as they understood it. Others were moved by the miracle to ask whether a sinner could do such works. In self-righteousness the Pharisees despised the healed man with sneers and hatred, while Christ as the compassionate Shepherd sought to save him.