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John 9:15 KJV
John · chapter 9 · verse 15
Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.John 9:15 · King James Version
John 9:15 in context
13They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.
14And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
15Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.
16Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
17They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- PhariseespharisaiosA sect that seems to have started after the Jewish exile. In addition to OT books the…G5330 →
- washedniptōto wash, to wash one's selfG3538 →
- askederōtaōto question, to ask, to request, entreat, beg, beseechG2065 →
- sightanablepōto look up, to recover sightG308 →
- sightdebut, moreover, and, etcG1161 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
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One would have expected that such a miracle as Christ wrought upon the blind man would have settled his reputation, and silenced and shamed all opposition, but it had the contrary effect; instead of being embraced as a prophet for it, he is prosecuted as a criminal. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-34