When asked for the first time who opened his eyes, the man born blind responds, “the man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes.” The man born blind admits he did not know where Jesus had gone, they were strangers to each other.
Since Jesus had healed the man on the Sabbath, the man born blind was taken to the Pharisees who proceeded to question him. The Pharisees give the man a hard time, questioning the power by which Jesus healed him, asserting Jesus did not come from God. When asked by the Pharisees who he believed Jesus was, the man born blind now answered, “he is a prophet.”
At this point the man’s parents reject him not wanting to be involved in the investigation launched by the Pharisees. “He is of age; question him,” they answer when asked about their son.
The Pharisees continue to harass the man born blind, insult him and finally kick him out from the synagogue.
Suddenly Jesus approaches the man and asks, “do you believe in the Son of Man?” to which the man born blind answers, “who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” Jesus said, “You have seen him and the one speaking with you is he.” The man said, “I do believe Lord,” and he worshiped Jesus.
The man’s journey of faith is one of gradual enlightenment. First he considered Jesus just a man, but after enduring heavy questioning, he acknowledged him as a prophet, and finally after being humiliated and kicked out from the synagogue, he makes a profession of faith, “I do believe Lord,” and worships Jesus.
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