The healing of the blind man is one of the most remarkable events of the whole history of the Gospel. Along with the resurrection of Lazarus, caused the Jews to resolve on the necessity of killing Christ, the healer and preacher.
The disciples ask a question about the man who was born blind, “Who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” This is, of course, a trick question because it is clear that a child could not have sinned before being born. However, Christ brings a completely different dimension to this question. He says, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him.”
The whole human history has not seen anything like this healing, when a person who was born blind could all of a sudden see. The Jews find themselves in a very tricky situation. On the one hand, there is a definite miracle. On the other hand, there is also a definite violation of the Sabbath rest.
It is curious what the Jews choose as a way out of what seems to be an inexplicable contradiction. They say, “This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” Very often we concentrate too much on our intelligence – we think that we always act in an exceptionally proper, correct, deliberate, and wise manner.
The incident with the Jews shows us that more often than not we end up following our heart’s condition, rather than our mind’s perception. This is what explains that incredible spiritual blindness of the Jews, who, seeing the Messiah himself perform unheard of miracles in front of them, refused to believe in Him and searched for any reason to catch Him at His word, to reprove Him, and in the end, to kill Him.
