130 Jesus Heals a Blind Man

Jul 15, 2026

John 9 records the encounter between Jesus and a man blind from birth, questioned by the disciples about whether sin caused the condition. Jesus rejects the blame framing and explains that the situation exists so God’s power can be displayed. Using mud made from his saliva, Jesus instructs the man to wash in the pool of Siloam, after which he regains his sight. Neighbors respond with disbelief, but the man testifies to what Jesus did and what he can now see.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryReligion & Spirituality

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Pages24

Reading Time1 h 0 min

John 9

Jesus and the disciples’ question

Jesus heals with mud and Siloam

The man’s testimony and neighbors’ reaction

130 Jesus Heals a Blind Man John 9 English Spiritual 130 Jesus Heals a Blind Man English © 2020 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) You are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work, but you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc. Original illustrations by Jim Padgett, © Sweet Publishing licensed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license. [www.sweetpublishing.com](www.sweetpublishing.com) Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. has skin darkened all of the Jim Padgett illustrations in our collection, and has modified some of them. Story script © 2018 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. licensed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. Template © 2017 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. licensed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. Music © 2017 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. licensed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. A special thanks to the 50+ unnamed people who worked on the story scripts, templates, adapted illustrations and music. As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man blind from birth. The disciples asked Jesus,“Whose sin caused this man to be born blind? Was it his own or his parents’ sins?” Jesus answered,“It was not because of his sins or his parents’ sins. This happened so the power of God could be seen in him.” Jesus spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva and spread the mud over the blind man’s eyes. Then he told the man,“Go wash yourself in the pool of Siloam.” So the man went and washed as Jesus said, and then he could see. The man's neighbors and others who had seen him when he was begging, said, "Is that not theman who used to sit here and beg?" The man responded,“Yes, I am the man!” And he told them what Jesus had done and how he could now see.

FAQs

Why did the man born blind have that condition?

The disciples asked whether his blindness was caused by his sin or his parents’ sins. Jesus answered that it was not due to either, but so God’s power could be seen in him.

What did Jesus do to heal the blind man?

Jesus spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud on the man’s eyes. He then told him to wash in the pool of Siloam.

What happened after the man washed?

After he went and washed as Jesus said, he could see. Neighbors recognized him and questioned whether he was the man who used to beg, but he confirmed what Jesus had done and that he can now see.

Jul 15, 2026

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