August 24 evening i must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day. Each chapter is a window into jesus earthly ministry illustrating how the lord fulfilled various spiritual pictures of the messiah found in old testament texts, including the spiritual messages. The chapter then recounts the transfiguration of jesus, a healing miracle, and jesus teaching about the return of elijah. They ask him was it lawful to heal the man on the sabbath. Giving sight to the blind is also a work of the messiah, as prophesied in isaiah 35. The feast of dedication is hanukkah, often called the festival of lights. David guziks versebyverse look at john chapter 9, where jesus healed a man born blind and.
In verse 9 12, jesus went into a synagogue and the jews brought to him a man with a withered hand. The miracle of healing displays jesus christ giving sight to the blind. Then in chapter 10, he explains at great length the nature of true sheep, those who follow the good shepherd, sent and appointed by god. Commentaries have neatly divided the chapter into an isolated drama of seven scenes narrating the aftermath of jesus healing of the man born blind, who never asked to be healed in. John 9 indepth verse by verse bible study and commentary of john chapter 9 in plain english. It begins with jesus prediction that i tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of god has come with power. And his disciples asked him, saying, rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind.
It is a literal story of a man who had been born blind. Now as jesus passed by, he saw a man who was blind from birth. I dont warm up old messages, but i did find some helpful material from that old message. In prior chapters, jesus has confronted the hypocrisy of those who claim. Verse 22 begins at the feast of dedication about two months after the feast of the tabernacles and the events of chapter 9. Study john 9 using matthew henrys bible commentary concise to better understand scripture with full outline and verse meaning. Daniel the prophet receives an intriguing prophecy from the archangel gabriel in this passage, known as the seventy weeks prophecy, for gabriel gives a seventyweek time frame for the coming of the messiah. The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing. John 9 as he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. John 9 new international version niv jesus heals a man born blind. The possession of truth confers knowledge and liberation from sin jn 8. John chapter 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. You assert it, but the facts of my experience are altogether of a different kind. An exposition of john 9 john 9 is a drama presented in several scenes.
John 15 indepth verse by verse bible study and commentary of john chapter 15 in plain english. Mark 9 is the ninth chapter of the gospel of mark in the new testament of the christian bible. After applying mud to his eyes, jesus instructions were for the man to go elsewhere to wash off john 9. Healing is a work of the god of the old testament, as seen in psalm 146. The gospel of john verse by verse ministry international. He begins by denouncing the false shepherds of israelthe blind, selfappointed leaders who drew the people away from the true knowledge and kingdom of their messiah john 9. However, even a real story can speak beyond itself. He would not go about in judea, because p the jews 1 were seeking to kill him. Read commentary on this popular bible verse and understand the real meaning behind gods word using john gills exposition of. So jesus was talking to a crowd of listeners amongst his disciples. He divides the first sixtynine weeks into two periods, the first of seven weeks and the second of sixtytwo weeks. John approached his gospel with an intent to illustrate the meaning of jesus ministry on earth rather than strictly relating the events of his life.
Once you see that jesus only heals the man physically to get him to see spiritually you can begin to see the true meaning of the chapter. He therefore answered and said, whether he be a sinner using the words of the jews ironically. Discovery of certain papyrus fragments dated around ad 5 require the gospel of john to have been written, copied, and. This passage of the gospel of john heightens the tension between jesus and his followers, and the religious leaders who despise him. That principle consisted in this, that he would not suffer his knowledge to be disturbed by his ignorance. We further have jesus affirming he is the messiah v.
We must all have been struck by the simplicity of wisdom exhibited, under these trying circumstances, by this poor and probably unlettered man. As a result, to this point, the formerlyblind man has still not physically seen the one who. Certainly john intends us to connect this healing with the previous chapter. In this passage day denotes the time and state when there is good and truth, but night when evil and the false prevail.
When jesus first approached him, this man had been blind from birth john 9. John chapter 5 shows that christ was equating his works to the fathers works, and that the jewish religious crowd picked up on this as jesus equating himself with god, found in v. In this way, it speaks to us in symbolic language as well. It may be profitable to consider the principle on which it was founded. While verse 22 treats the belief of the disciples in jesus, verses 23 25 deal with the belief of many in jerusalem, which during passover could include pilgrims in addition to the citys residents. John 9 bible commentary matthew henry concise christianity. He therefore answered and said, whether he be a sinner using the words of the jews ironically i know not. For one thing, i was in need of a good introduction for this lesson. Though this 9th chapter of john is about jesus giving sight to a man born blind, but there is so much more here.
In the johannine context the word connotes its full sense. Verses 23 25 provide a transition to the story of nicodemus in john 3. John 9, new international version niv the bible app. John 11 now a certain man was ill, lazarus of bethany. Inasmuch as john represented the good of life, and peter the truth of faith, therefore john lay at the lords breast, and followed jesus, but not peter, john 21. The jews in chapter 9 and the gospel of john as a whole the gospel of john is a book that has frequently been used to attack jews and claim their inferiority to christians. Therefore it is important to question if the gospel of john itself is antisemitic. And in general the fishpools which were at jerusalem, isaiah 22. I must work the works of him that sent me,this shows, that the works of god, that were to be manifest, were to be done by christ.
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