Main point: (BKC) 9:24. The authorities tried to pressure the healed man into withdrawing his testimony about Jesus: Give glory to God (cf. Josh. 7:19; 1 Sam. 6:5; Jer. 13:16) was a call to admit his guilt in siding with Jesus, whom they called a sinner. When they said We know, they were pressuring him. Unbelief often claims to be scientific, but here it was just stubborn and willful.9:25–26. His witness was clear, and he refused to deny what he knew for certain: I was blind, but now I see! They asked him to go over the story again, hoping to find some contradiction in the man’s report.
Question: Was what the blind man said in v.31 correct? Can we accept that as an universal truth? (PNTC) God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly man who does his will. The relation between the righteousness of the one praying and God’s attentiveness is amply attested in Scripture (e.g. Jb. 27:9; 35:13; Pss. 66:18; 109:7; Pr. 15:29; Is. 1:15; cf. Jn. 14:13–14; 16:23–27; 1 Jn. 3:21–22). Strictly speaking, even this does not prove that Jesus is a righteous man, since the example of the Egyptian magicians and others (cf. notes on v. 16) suggests that there are other spiritual powers beside God that may be at work. It is always risky to identify spiritual power with divine power.
Reflection: 法利賽人沒有理由的拒絕耶穌, 說他是個罪人. 24節他們還把這一個強加的罪行, 要瞎子去承認. 28節當他們失敗的時候, 还惱羞成怒去罵人. 34節, 他們不要聽瞎子反过來對他們的教訓, 於是把瞎子趕出去. 我們自己有否將法利賽人一樣呢?我有否把自己的意思去教導別人而不是用聖經身你去教導別人呢?當別人因此而提出疑問的時候, 我會接受嗎?還是只是靠壓下去而不去聽呢?
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