Lenten Season · Fourth Sunday of Lent · Year C
If Second Scrutiny of the Elect: John 9:1-41 or John 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
March 26, 2028
Overview & Insights
“One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” (John 9:25)
The temple discourse is over, but Jesus’ ministry in Jerusalem continues with no discernible break in the narrative. Having escaped death by stoning, Jesus “slipped away from the temple grounds” (8:59), and, as he went along (apparently just outside the sacred precincts), he noticed a man blind from birth (v. 1). Despite the smooth transition, it is clear that a new chapter, indeed a new division in the structure of the Gospel, is under way. Jesus’ disciples, out of the picture since the end of chapter 6, are with him again (v. 2), and once more Jesus will assume the role of miracle-worker. The healing of the man born blind gives rise to a series of investigations by the religious authorities (vv. 13–34) and finally to the blind man’s confession of faith (vv. 35–41) and a new discourse in which Jesus confronts the authorities for the last time with the word of God (chap. 10).
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Commentary
Commentary on John 9:1-41 Working Preacher
Lectionary commentary on the healing of the man born blind and the controversy it provokes.
John 9 Commentary: Jesus Gives Sight to A Man Born Blind Enduring Word
Verse-by-verse commentary on the healing, the interrogation, and the man's growing faith.
John 9:1-41 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
Reformed preaching commentary on speaking the truth in love as the healed man does.
John 9 Commentary Precept Austin
Detailed study notes on physical versus spiritual blindness in the narrative.
John 9 - Haydock Commentary Online Haydock
Catholic verse-by-verse commentary on the healing of the man born blind.
Commentary on John 9:1-41 workingpreacher.org
The one Lutheran voice on the healing of the man born blind.
Jesus Heals the Man Born Blind: John 9 and Baptism catholicproductions.com
Catholic Productions on the early Church's baptismal reading of the healing with mud and spit.
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Sermons & Reflections
John 9:1-41: The Gift of Sight cepreaching.org
A full written sermon on the disciples' misunderstanding of sin and blindness.
John 9:1-41 Commentary cepreaching.org
Reformed preaching commentary on the healing narrative.
John 9:1-41 Commentary cepreaching.org
A second, differently dated preaching commentary on the same reading.
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Questions preachers ask
What does the healing of the man born blind reveal?
Jesus gives sight to a man born blind, and as the healed man grows in faith the seeing leaders grow blind, a Lenten Gospel of coming to the light.
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