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d. If this man were not from God, he couldn’t do a thing!, 9.33.

8. Proud refusal to hear good theology: ad hominem – “You were born in utter sin, and you would teach us?!,” 9.34 (and they cast him [the healed blind man] out of the synagogue) .

X. Those Who Are Blind Shall See, and Those Who See Shall Be Made Blind, John 9.35-41

A. Jesus reencounters the healed blind man, 9.35

1. Jesus heard that the Pharisees had cast him out of the synagogue, 9.35.

2. The question of the hour: Do you believe in the Son of Man? , 9.35b.

3. The healed man’s dilemma: Who is he sir, that I might believe in him, 9.36.

4. Jesus’ direct reply: You have seen him, and it is he who is speaking to you , 9.37.

5. The response of the healed heart: Lord I believe, and he worshiped him, 9.38.

B. Jesus defines his express purpose in coming into the world: seeing and blindness, 9.39-41.