Commentary on the Gospel of John

                                 Chapter Nine

                                                                                                                                              Verses 6-14

Jesus spat into clay and put that onto the place where this man's eyes should have been. The sense of this verse indicates that this man was born without eyes. Since God made Adam out of clay, then certainly Jesus could make eyes out of clay. Genesis 2:7. Everything that God creates happens to be generated by something that comes out of God. God created the universe by His spoken Word. Hebrews 11:3. God creates humans in His image. Genesis 1:27. God gave life to Adam by His breath. Genesis 2:7. Jesus spat into the clay so that He could create eyes for the blind man with something that came from God. Jesus then told the blind man to "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam." Every cell in the human body happens to be 70 per cent water. Jesus added the necessary water to His spittle and the clay to create eyes for this man. This blind man obeyed Jesus when he washed and so his eyes were created, and he could see perfectly.

This man's created eyes changed his appearance so drastically that those who knew him had trouble recognizing him. They wanted to know how he had obtained eyes. The healed man simply told them the truth about how Jesus had healed him. They asked him where Jesus was, but he did not know. These people then brought this man to the Pharisees probably because of simple curiosity to see what the Pharisees would do about this situation since they knew that Jesus had healed this man on the Sabbath.