THE OPENING OF THE EYES OF ONE BORN BLIND, AND WHAT FOLLOWED ON IT. (John 9:1-41) as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from birth--and who "sat begging" (Joh 9:8).
1Al pasar Jesús, vio a un hombre ciego de nacimiento.
2Y le preguntaron sus discípulos, diciendo: Rabí, ¿quién pecó, este o sus padres, para que haya nacido ciego?
3Respondió Jesús: No es que pecó este, ni sus padres, sino para que las obras de Dios se manifiesten en él.
4Me es necesario hacer las obras del que me envió, entre tanto que el día dura; la noche viene, cuando nadie puede trabajar.
5Entre tanto que estoy en el mundo, luz soy del mundo.
6Dicho esto, escupió en tierra, e hizo lodo con la saliva, y untó con el lodo los ojos del ciego,
7y le dijo: Ve a lavarte en el estanque de Siloé (que traducido es, Enviado). Fue entonces, y se lavó, y regresó viendo.
8Entonces los vecinos, y los que antes le habían visto que era ciego, decían: ¿No es este el que se sentaba y mendigaba?
9Unos decían: Él es; y otros: A él se parece. Él decía: Yo soy.
10Y le dijeron: ¿Cómo te fueron abiertos los ojos?
11Respondió él y dijo: Aquel hombre que se llama Jesús hizo lodo, me untó los ojos, y me dijo: Ve al Siloé, y lávate; y fui, y me lavé, y recibí la vista.
12Entonces le dijeron: ¿Dónde está él? Él dijo: No sé.
13Llevaron ante los fariseos al que había sido ciego.
14Y era día de reposo cuando Jesús había hecho el lodo, y le había abierto los ojos.
15Volvieron, pues, a preguntarle también los fariseos cómo había recibido la vista. Él les dijo: Me puso lodo sobre los ojos, y me lavé, y veo.
16Entonces algunos de los fariseos decían: Ese hombre no procede de Dios, porque no guarda el día de reposo. Otros decían: ¿Cómo puede un hombre pecador hacer estas señales? Y había disensión entre ellos.
17Entonces volvieron a decirle al ciego: ¿Qué dices tú del que te abrió los ojos? Y él dijo: Que es profeta.
18Pero los judíos no creían que él había sido ciego, y que había recibido la vista, hasta que llamaron a los padres del que había recibido la vista,
19y les preguntaron, diciendo: ¿Es este vuestro hijo, el que vosotros decís que nació ciego? ¿Cómo, pues, ve ahora?
20Sus padres respondieron y les dijeron: Sabemos que este es nuestro hijo, y que nació ciego;
21pero cómo vea ahora, no lo sabemos; o quién le haya abierto los ojos, nosotros tampoco lo sabemos; edad tiene, preguntadle a él; él hablará por sí mismo.
22Esto dijeron sus padres, porque tenían miedo de los judíos, por cuanto los judíos ya habían acordado que si alguno confesase que Jesús era el Mesías, fuera expulsado de la sinagoga.
23Por eso dijeron sus padres: Edad tiene, preguntadle a él.
24Entonces volvieron a llamar al hombre que había sido ciego, y le dijeron: Da gloria a Dios; nosotros sabemos que ese hombre es pecador.
25Entonces él respondió y dijo: Si es pecador, no lo sé; una cosa sé, que habiendo yo sido ciego, ahora veo.
26Le volvieron a decir: ¿Qué te hizo? ¿Cómo te abrió los ojos?
27Él les respondió: Ya os lo he dicho, y no habéis querido oír; ¿por qué lo queréis oír otra vez? ¿Queréis también vosotros haceros sus discípulos?
28Y le injuriaron, y dijeron: Tú eres su discípulo; pero nosotros, discípulos de Moisés somos.
29Nosotros sabemos que Dios ha hablado a Moisés; pero respecto a ese, no sabemos de dónde sea.
30Respondió el hombre, y les dijo: Pues esto es lo maravilloso, que vosotros no sepáis de dónde sea, y a mí me abrió los ojos.
31Y sabemos que Dios no oye a los pecadores; pero si alguno es temeroso de Dios, y hace su voluntad, a ese oye.
32Desde el principio no se ha oído decir que alguno abriese los ojos a uno que nació ciego.
33Si este no viniera de Dios, nada podría hacer.
34Respondieron y le dijeron: Tú naciste del todo en pecado, ¿y nos enseñas a nosotros? Y le expulsaron.
35Oyó Jesús que le habían expulsado; y hallándole, le dijo: ¿Crees tú en el Hijo de Dios?
36Respondió él y dijo: ¿Quién es, Señor, para que crea en él?
37Le dijo Jesús: Pues le has visto, y el que habla contigo, él es.
38Y él dijo: Creo, Señor; y le adoró.
39Dijo Jesús: Para juicio he venido yo a este mundo; para que los que no ven, vean, y los que ven, sean cegados.
40Entonces algunos de los fariseos que estaban con él, al oír esto, le dijeron: ¿Acaso nosotros somos también ciegos?
41Jesús les respondió: Si fuerais ciegos, no tendríais pecado; mas ahora, porque decís: Vemos, vuestro pecado permanece.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
I
Versículo 2
I. who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was born blind--not in a former state of existence,…
who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was born blind--not in a former state of existence, in which, as respects the wicked, the Jews did not believe; but, perhaps, expressing loosely that sin somewhere had surely been the cause of this calamity.
II
Versículo 3
II. Neither . . . this man, &c.--The cause was neither in himself nor his parents, but, in order to t…
Neither . . . this man, &c.--The cause was neither in himself nor his parents, but, in order to the manifestation of "the works of God," in his cure.
III
Versículo 4
III. I must work the works of him that sent me, &c.--a most interesting statement from the mouth of Ch…
I must work the works of him that sent me, &c.--a most interesting statement from the mouth of Christ; intimating, (1) that He had a precise work to do upon earth, with every particular of it arranged and laid out to Him; (2) that all He did upon earth was just "the works of God"--particularly "going about doing good," though not exclusively by miracles; (3) that each work had its precise time and place in His programme of instructions, so to speak; hence, (4) that as His period for work had definite termination, so by letting any one service pass by its allotted time, the whole would be disarranged, marred, and driven beyond its destined period for completion; (5) that He acted ever under the impulse of these considerations, as man--"the night cometh when no man (or no one) can work." What lessons are here for others, and what encouragement from such Example!
IV
Versículo 5
IV. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world--not as if He would cease, after that, …
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world--not as if He would cease, after that, to be so; but that He must make full proof of His fidelity while His earthly career lasted by displaying His glory. "As before the raising of Lazarus (Joh 11:25), He announces Himself as the Resurrection and the Life, so now He sets Himself forth as the source of the archetypal spiritual light, of which the natural, now about to be conferred, is only a derivation and symbol" [ALFORD].
V
Versículo 6
V. he spat on the ground, and made clay . . . and he anointed the eyes of the blind man--These opera…
he spat on the ground, and made clay . . . and he anointed the eyes of the blind man--These operations were not so incongruous in their nature as might appear, though it were absurd to imagine that they contributed in the least degree to the effect which followed. (See Mar 6:13 and see on Joh 7:33.)
VI
Versículo 7
VI. Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, . . . Sent, &c.--(See Kg2 5:10, Kg2 5:14). As the prescribed acti…
Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, . . . Sent, &c.--(See Kg2 5:10, Kg2 5:14). As the prescribed action was purely symbolical in its design, so in connection with it the Evangelist notices the symbolical name of the pool as in this case bearing testimony to him who was sent to do what it only symbolized. (See Isa 8:6, where this same pool is used figuratively to denote "the streams that make glad the city of God," and which, humble though they be, betoken a present God of Israel.)
VII
Versículo 8
VII. The neighbours therefore . . . said, Is not this he that sat and begged--Here are a number of det…
The neighbours therefore . . . said, Is not this he that sat and begged--Here are a number of details to identify the newly seeing with the long-known blind beggar.
VIII
Versículo 13
VIII. They brought to the Pharisees--sitting probably in council, and chiefly of that sect (Joh 7:47-48).
They brought to the Pharisees--sitting probably in council, and chiefly of that sect (Joh 7:47-48).
IX
Versículo 16
IX. This man is not of God, &c.--(See on Joh 5:9; Joh 5:16).
This man is not of God, &c.--(See on Joh 5:9; Joh 5:16).
Others said, &c.--such as Nicodemus and Joseph.
X
Versículo 17
X. the blind man . . . said, He is a prophet--rightly viewing the miracle as but a "sign" of His pro…
the blind man . . . said, He is a prophet--rightly viewing the miracle as but a "sign" of His prophetic commission.
XI
Versículo 18
XI. the Jews did not believe . . . he had been born blind . . . till they called the parents of him t…
the Jews did not believe . . . he had been born blind . . . till they called the parents of him that had received his sight--Foiled by the testimony of the young man himself, they hope to throw doubt on the fact by close questioning his parents, who, perceiving the snare laid for them, ingeniously escape it by testifying simply to the identity of their son, and his birth-blindness, leaving it to himself, as a competent witness, to speak as to the cure. They prevaricated, however, in saying they "knew not who had opened his eyes," for "they feared the Jews," who had come to an understanding (probably after what is recorded, Joh 7:50, &c.; but by this time well known), that whoever owned Him as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue--that is, not simply excluded, but excommunicated.
XII
Versículo 24
XII. Give God the praise; we know that this man is a sinner--not wishing him to own, even to the prais…
Give God the praise; we know that this man is a sinner--not wishing him to own, even to the praise of God, that a miracle had been wrought upon him, but to show more regard to the honor of God than ascribe any such act to one who was a sinner.
XIII
Versículo 25
XIII. He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, &c.--Not that the man meant to insinuate any …
He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, &c.--Not that the man meant to insinuate any doubt in his own mind on the point of His being "a sinner," but as his opinion on such a point would be of no consequence to others, he would speak only to what he knew as fact in his own case.
XIV
Versículo 26
XIV. Then said they . . . again, What did he to thee? &c.--hoping by repeated questions to ensnare him…
Then said they . . . again, What did he to thee? &c.--hoping by repeated questions to ensnare him, but the youth is more than a match for them.
XV
Versículo 27
XV. I have told you already . . . will ye also be his disciples?--In a vein of keen irony he treats t…
I have told you already . . . will ye also be his disciples?--In a vein of keen irony he treats their questions as those of anxious inquirers, almost ready for discipleship! Stung by this, they retort upon him as the disciple (and here they plainly were not wrong); for themselves, they fall back upon Moses; about him there could be no doubt; but who knew about this upstart?
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Versículo 30
16. The man answered, Herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he ha…
The man answered, Herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes--He had no need to say another word; but waxing bolder in defense of his Benefactor, and his views brightening by the very courage which it demanded, he puts it to them how they could pretend inability to tell whether one who opened the eyes of a man born blind was "of God" or "a sinner"--from above or from beneath--and proceeds to argue the case with remarkable power. So irresistible was his argument that their rage burst forth in a speech of intense Pharisaism, "Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us?"--thou, a base-born, uneducated, impudent youth, teach us, the trained, constituted, recognized guides of the people in the things of God! Out upon thee!
17
Versículo 31
17. they cast him out--judicially, no doubt, as well in fact. The allusion to his being "born in sins…
they cast him out--judicially, no doubt, as well in fact. The allusion to his being "born in sins" seems a tacit admission of his being blind from birth--the very thing they had been so unwilling to own. But rage and enmity to truth are seldom consistent in their outbreaks. The friends of this excommunicated youth, crowding around him with their sympathy, would probably express surprise that One who could work such a cure should be unable to protect his patient from the persecution it had raised against him, or should possess the power without using it. Nor would it be strange if such thoughts should arise in the youth's own mind. But if they did, it is certain, from what follows, that they made no lodgment there, conscious as he was that "whereas he was blind, now he saw," and satisfied that if his Benefactor "were not of God, He could do nothing" (Joh 9:33). There was a word for him too, which, if whispered in his ear from the oracles of God, would seem expressly designed to describe his case, and prepare him for the coming interview with his gracious Friend. "Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at His word. Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for My name's sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified; BUT HE SHALL APPEAR TO YOUR JOY, and they shall be ashamed" (Isa 66:5). But how was He engaged to whom such noble testimony had been given, and for whom such persecution had been borne? Uttering, perhaps, in secret, "with strong crying and tears," the words of the prophetic psalm, "Let not them that wait on Thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake; let none that seek Thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel; because for Thy sake I have borne reproach . . . and the reproaches of them that reproached Thee are fallen upon me" (Psa 69:6-7, Psa 69:9).
18
Versículo 35
18. Jesus heard--that is, by intelligence brought Him.
Jesus heard--that is, by intelligence brought Him.
that they had cast him out; and when he had found him--by accident? Not very likely. Sympathy in that breast could not long keep aloof from its object.
he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?--A question stretching purposely beyond his present attainments, in order the more quickly to lead him--in his present teachable frame--into the highest truth.
19
Versículo 36
19. He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I may believe on him?--"His reply is affirmative, and…
He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I may believe on him?--"His reply is affirmative, and believing by anticipation, promising faith as soon as Jesus shall say who He is" [STIER].
20
Versículo 37
20. Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him--the new sense of sight having at that moment its hi…
Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him--the new sense of sight having at that moment its highest exercise, in gazing upon "the Light of the world."
21
Versículo 38
21. he said, Lord, I believe: and he worshipped him--a faith and a worship, beyond doubt, meant to ex…
he said, Lord, I believe: and he worshipped him--a faith and a worship, beyond doubt, meant to express far more than he would think proper to any human "prophet" (Joh 9:17) --the unstudied, resistless expression, probably of SUPREME faith and adoration, though without the full understanding of what that implied.
22
Versículo 39
22. Jesus said--perhaps at the same time, but after a crowd, including some of the skeptical and scor…
Jesus said--perhaps at the same time, but after a crowd, including some of the skeptical and scornful rulers, had, on seeing Jesus talking with the healed youth, hastened to the spot.
that they which see not might see, &c.--rising to that sight of which the natural vision communicated to the youth was but the symbol. (See on Joh 9:5, and compare Luk 4:18).
that they which see might be made blind--judicially incapable of apprehending and receiving the truth, to which they have wilfully shut their eyes.
23
Versículo 40
23. Are we blind also?--We, the constituted, recognized guides of the people in spiritual things? pri…
Are we blind also?--We, the constituted, recognized guides of the people in spiritual things? pride and rage prompting the question.
24
Versículo 41
24. If ye were blind--wanted light to discern My claims, and only waited to receive it.
If ye were blind--wanted light to discern My claims, and only waited to receive it.
ye should have no sin--none of the guilt of shutting out the light.
ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth--Your claim to possess light, while rejecting Me, is that which seals you up in the guilt of unbelief.
Next: John Chapter 10
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John — Capítulo 9
THE OPENING OF THE EYES OF ONE BORN BLIND, AND WHAT FOLLOWED ON IT. (John 9:1-41) as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from birth--and who "sat begging" (Joh 9:8).
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Al pasar Jesús, vio a un hombre ciego de nacimiento.
2Y le preguntaron sus discípulos, diciendo: Rabí, ¿quién pecó, este o sus padres, para que haya nacido ciego?
3Respondió Jesús: No es que pecó este, ni sus padres, sino para que las obras de Dios se manifiesten en él.
4Me es necesario hacer las obras del que me envió, entre tanto que el día dura; la noche viene, cuando nadie puede trabajar.
5Entre tanto que estoy en el mundo, luz soy del mundo.
6Dicho esto, escupió en tierra, e hizo lodo con la saliva, y untó con el lodo los ojos del ciego,
7y le dijo: Ve a lavarte en el estanque de Siloé (que traducido es, Enviado). Fue entonces, y se lavó, y regresó viendo.
8Entonces los vecinos, y los que antes le habían visto que era ciego, decían: ¿No es este el que se sentaba y mendigaba?
9Unos decían: Él es; y otros: A él se parece. Él decía: Yo soy.
10Y le dijeron: ¿Cómo te fueron abiertos los ojos?
11Respondió él y dijo: Aquel hombre que se llama Jesús hizo lodo, me untó los ojos, y me dijo: Ve al Siloé, y lávate; y fui, y me lavé, y recibí la vista.
12Entonces le dijeron: ¿Dónde está él? Él dijo: No sé.
13Llevaron ante los fariseos al que había sido ciego.
14Y era día de reposo cuando Jesús había hecho el lodo, y le había abierto los ojos.
15Volvieron, pues, a preguntarle también los fariseos cómo había recibido la vista. Él les dijo: Me puso lodo sobre los ojos, y me lavé, y veo.
16Entonces algunos de los fariseos decían: Ese hombre no procede de Dios, porque no guarda el día de reposo. Otros decían: ¿Cómo puede un hombre pecador hacer estas señales? Y había disensión entre ellos.
17Entonces volvieron a decirle al ciego: ¿Qué dices tú del que te abrió los ojos? Y él dijo: Que es profeta.
18Pero los judíos no creían que él había sido ciego, y que había recibido la vista, hasta que llamaron a los padres del que había recibido la vista,
19y les preguntaron, diciendo: ¿Es este vuestro hijo, el que vosotros decís que nació ciego? ¿Cómo, pues, ve ahora?
20Sus padres respondieron y les dijeron: Sabemos que este es nuestro hijo, y que nació ciego;
21pero cómo vea ahora, no lo sabemos; o quién le haya abierto los ojos, nosotros tampoco lo sabemos; edad tiene, preguntadle a él; él hablará por sí mismo.
22Esto dijeron sus padres, porque tenían miedo de los judíos, por cuanto los judíos ya habían acordado que si alguno confesase que Jesús era el Mesías, fuera expulsado de la sinagoga.
23Por eso dijeron sus padres: Edad tiene, preguntadle a él.
24Entonces volvieron a llamar al hombre que había sido ciego, y le dijeron: Da gloria a Dios; nosotros sabemos que ese hombre es pecador.
25Entonces él respondió y dijo: Si es pecador, no lo sé; una cosa sé, que habiendo yo sido ciego, ahora veo.
26Le volvieron a decir: ¿Qué te hizo? ¿Cómo te abrió los ojos?
27Él les respondió: Ya os lo he dicho, y no habéis querido oír; ¿por qué lo queréis oír otra vez? ¿Queréis también vosotros haceros sus discípulos?
28Y le injuriaron, y dijeron: Tú eres su discípulo; pero nosotros, discípulos de Moisés somos.
29Nosotros sabemos que Dios ha hablado a Moisés; pero respecto a ese, no sabemos de dónde sea.
30Respondió el hombre, y les dijo: Pues esto es lo maravilloso, que vosotros no sepáis de dónde sea, y a mí me abrió los ojos.
31Y sabemos que Dios no oye a los pecadores; pero si alguno es temeroso de Dios, y hace su voluntad, a ese oye.
32Desde el principio no se ha oído decir que alguno abriese los ojos a uno que nació ciego.
33Si este no viniera de Dios, nada podría hacer.
34Respondieron y le dijeron: Tú naciste del todo en pecado, ¿y nos enseñas a nosotros? Y le expulsaron.
35Oyó Jesús que le habían expulsado; y hallándole, le dijo: ¿Crees tú en el Hijo de Dios?
36Respondió él y dijo: ¿Quién es, Señor, para que crea en él?
37Le dijo Jesús: Pues le has visto, y el que habla contigo, él es.
38Y él dijo: Creo, Señor; y le adoró.
39Dijo Jesús: Para juicio he venido yo a este mundo; para que los que no ven, vean, y los que ven, sean cegados.
40Entonces algunos de los fariseos que estaban con él, al oír esto, le dijeron: ¿Acaso nosotros somos también ciegos?
41Jesús les respondió: Si fuerais ciegos, no tendríais pecado; mas ahora, porque decís: Vemos, vuestro pecado permanece.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
Versículo 2
I. who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was born blind--not in a former state of existence,…
Versículo 3
II. Neither . . . this man, &c.--The cause was neither in himself nor his parents, but, in order to t…
Versículo 4
III. I must work the works of him that sent me, &c.--a most interesting statement from the mouth of Ch…
Versículo 5
IV. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world--not as if He would cease, after that, …
Versículo 6
V. he spat on the ground, and made clay . . . and he anointed the eyes of the blind man--These opera…
Versículo 7
VI. Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, . . . Sent, &c.--(See Kg2 5:10, Kg2 5:14). As the prescribed acti…
Versículo 8
VII. The neighbours therefore . . . said, Is not this he that sat and begged--Here are a number of det…
Versículo 13
VIII. They brought to the Pharisees--sitting probably in council, and chiefly of that sect (Joh 7:47-48).
Versículo 16
IX. This man is not of God, &c.--(See on Joh 5:9; Joh 5:16).
Versículo 17
X. the blind man . . . said, He is a prophet--rightly viewing the miracle as but a "sign" of His pro…
Versículo 18
XI. the Jews did not believe . . . he had been born blind . . . till they called the parents of him t…
Versículo 24
XII. Give God the praise; we know that this man is a sinner--not wishing him to own, even to the prais…
Versículo 25
XIII. He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, &c.--Not that the man meant to insinuate any …
Versículo 26
XIV. Then said they . . . again, What did he to thee? &c.--hoping by repeated questions to ensnare him…
Versículo 27
XV. I have told you already . . . will ye also be his disciples?--In a vein of keen irony he treats t…
Versículo 30
16. The man answered, Herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he ha…
Versículo 31
17. they cast him out--judicially, no doubt, as well in fact. The allusion to his being "born in sins…
Versículo 35
18. Jesus heard--that is, by intelligence brought Him.
Versículo 36
19. He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I may believe on him?--"His reply is affirmative, and…
Versículo 37
20. Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him--the new sense of sight having at that moment its hi…
Versículo 38
21. he said, Lord, I believe: and he worshipped him--a faith and a worship, beyond doubt, meant to ex…
Versículo 39
22. Jesus said--perhaps at the same time, but after a crowd, including some of the skeptical and scor…
Versículo 40
23. Are we blind also?--We, the constituted, recognized guides of the people in spiritual things? pri…
Versículo 41
24. If ye were blind--wanted light to discern My claims, and only waited to receive it.