JESUS Database | 129. Blind Man Healed

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Blind Man Healed

Data

(1) John 9:1-7
(2) Mark 8:22-26

Texts

(1) Mark 8:22-25

8:22 They came to Bethsaida. Some people brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him. 8:23 He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village; and when he had put saliva on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, "Can you see anything?" 8:24 And the man looked up and said, "I can see people, but they look like trees, walking." 8:25 Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; and he looked intently and his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. 8:26 Then he sent him away to his home, saying, "Do not even go into the village."

(2) John 9:1-7

9:1 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 9:2 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" 9:3 Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God's works might be revealed in him. 9:4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work. 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." 9:6 When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man's eyes, 9:7 saying to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see.

Notes

John Dominic Crossan

Item: 129
Stratum: I (30-60 CE)
Attestation: Double
Historicity: +
Common Sayings Tradition: No