John Chapter 9 {continued} 21~~"But by what means he now {nun} sees {blepo}, we do not know/'have inherent knowledge' {oida} or who has opened his eyes. He is of age {mature adult} ask him. He will speak for himself." {Note: Principal - religion destroys the natural affiliation in the home. These parents are afraid and just back out. Ask him! Leave us out of it!} 22-23~~(These {things} his parents said {lego} because they were afraid of the Jews {Jewish leaders}. For the Jews had already agreed if anyone confessed/acknowledged {homologeo} to be the Christ -maybe they would, maybe they would not - he would be put out of the synagogue. 23~~ For this reason, his parents said, "He is a mature adult, ask him.") {Note: To be put out of the synagogue is very much like ex-communication. If you are 'put out' it means no social or business relationships with the other Jews. It was a form of slow death. No one could give them food or sell them food or help them in any way.} {Questioning 'Under Oath' - Intimidation Increases} 24~~ Then they summoned the man who used to be blind a second time and said to him, "Promise before God to tell the truth {idiom - literally 'give God the praise'}. We know that this man {Jesus} is a sinner." 25~~He 'had an answer'/'gave a discerning answer from the ultimate source of himself {apokrinomai} and said, "If he is a sinner - and you contend he is   {debater's 1st class condition of supposition} - I do not know/'have inherent knowledge about' {oida} it. I do know one thing - that although I kept on being blind, now I keep on seeing {blepo}." 26~~ Then they said to him a second time, "What did He {Jesus} do to you? How did He 'open your eyes'/'cause you to see'?" {Beautiful Sarcasm from the Beggar} 27~~He 'had an answer'/'gave a discerning answer from the ultimate source of himself {apokrinomai}, "I told you already time after time and you didn't listen/hear {refused to understand the implications}. Why do you want to hear it again? Will you also not {me} want to become his disciples?" {Note: haha Sure they did! He knew what they wanted the information for! To discredit Jesus. The negative 'me' here indicates he knew this was not the case.} {Logic Cannot be Countered so - Verbal Abuse } 28~~Then they reviled/'heaped insults' on him, saying, "You keep on being His {Jesus'} disciple! We keep on being disciples of Moses!" {Note: Watching legalists have a tantrum is like watching a volcano explode! They cursed him like no one 'respectable' should! Haha - At this point he is not even a believer! See verse 38.} {Exposing the Soft Under-belly of their Legalistic Stance} 29~~"We know that God has spoken to Moses! We do not know/'have inherent knowledge about' {oida} where this man comes from!" {Beggar Hits them in their Soft Spot} 30~~The man 'had an answer'/'gave a discerning answer from the ultimate source of himself {apokrinomai} and said, "This is an amazing/remarkable thing, that you don't know where He comes from   {The religious leaders always claimed to know everything!}, and yet He caused me to see!" {Logical Words from an Unbeliever} 31~~"We {himself and includes Pharisees} know/'have inherent knowledge' {oida} that God doesn't hear/listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will -maybe they are, maybe they are not - God listens to him {who does}." {Beggar Lowers the Hammer} 32-33~~"Since the world began/'from the ages' was it absolutely never {ouk} heard of someone opening the eyes of one born blind? 33~~ If this man did not {me} keep on being from the immediate source of God, - and I am assuming He is not from God   {2nd class condition of supposition}- He would not have the power to do anything." {Note: Summary of the Beggars 'Common Sense Logic': If Jesus is not from God - then I cannot see. If I cannot see - there is no miracle. If there is no miracle, then the Pharisees are right. If the Pharisees are right, there is no reality in the world   - because I really can see! So He has to be from God} 34~~They 'had an answer'/'gave a discerning answer from the ultimate source of themselves {apokrinomai} and said, "You were born completely in sins {you are worse than He is!}, and yet YOU teach us?" So they threw {ekballo} him out. {Note: Ballo is the word from which we get ball. It does come to mean to throw. So ek means out so they physically threw him out of the temple.} {The Man's Response to Jesus} 35~~ Jesus having heard that they had thrown him out   {physical and spiritual excommunication}, so He found the man and said to him, "Have you believed {pisteuo} in the Son of Man {anthropos}?" {Note: The better manuscripts have anthropos here for mankind, instead of Theo meaning God.} 36~~ The man 'had an answer'/'gave a discerning answer from the ultimate source of himself {apokrinomai} and said, "And who does he keep on being, Lord, that I may believe in him?" 37~~ Jesus told him, "You have seen Him in the past with the result that you keep on seeing Him; It keeps on being He Who is communicating /speaking {laleo} with you now." {Note: Laleo means to teach categorically - doctrine in this case.} {Beggar just needed Mechanics of Salvation - Becomes Saved Right Here} 38~~And He affirmed, "Lord, I believe," and he worshiped {proskuneo} him." {Note: Proskuneo is the Greek compound word for worship. 'Pros' means face to face with. Kuneo means to kiss. So proskuneo means to kiss face to face. In the spiritual realm, it means for your soul to kiss face to face the Lord - and that is worship.} 39~~ Jesus said, "For the purpose of judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see {blepo} might see {blepo}, and the ones who see {blepo} may become what they were not before - blind." {Note: The first statement refers to the beggar. He was physically blind and now he can physically see. The miracle was Jesus' calling card that He is and always has been Messiah. The second verse is for the Pharisees and all 'religious legalists' who have permitted religion to blind them. At one time they were not blind, but they were negative at the point of God consciousness and a vacuum was created that sucked in religion and other false doctrines from the source of Satan. They have so much false doctrine in their soul, that they are now blinded to the Truth.} {Note: Jesus came for two purposes. Here we see He came for judgment. In the next Chapter we see that He also came to 'gather His sheep'.} 40~~Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked him, "Are we blind also? We ARE NOT! {me} {Note: The negative 'me' in a question indicates that a negative response is expected, so the correct translation should have 'we are not!'.} 41~~Jesus said unto them, "If you were blind {2nd class condition of supposition} - and you assume that you are not - you would keep on not having sin {singular - meaning you would   not be constantly functioning under your Old Sin Nature}, but now you keep on contending you can see, therefore your sin {Old Sin Nature} remains/abides {in control of your life}. "