Mat 21:14, Joh 9:5-7, 32, 39, Act 26:18 | TSK

Matthew 21:14

John 9:5-7

long.

1:4-9; 3:19-21; 8:12; 12:35,36,46; Isa 42:6,7; 49:6; 60:1-3; Mal 4:2

Mt 4:16; Lu 2:32; Ac 13:47; 26:18,23; Eph 5:14; Re 21:23

I am.Our Lord here claims one of the titles given by the Jews to the Divine Being. So in Bammidbar Rabba, 15, fol. 229.1, "The Israelites said to God, O Lord of the universe, thou commandest us to light lamps to thee, yet thou art the light of the world." It was also a title of the Messiah (see Isa 49:6; 60:1;) and in a remarkable passage of Yalkut Rubeni, fol. 6, it is said on Ge 1:4, "From this we learn that the holy and blessed God saw the light of the Messiah, and his works, before the world was created; and reserved it for the Messiah, and his generation, under the throne of his glory. Satan said to the holy and blessed God, For whom dost thou reserve that light which is under the throne of thy glory? God answered, For him who shall subdue thee, and overwhelm thee with confusion. Satan rejoined, Lord of the universe, shew that person to me. God said, Come, and see him. When he saw him, he was greatly agitated, and fell upon his face, saying, Truly this is the Messiah, who shall cast me and idolaters into hell."

he spat.

Mr 7:33; 8:23; Re 3:18

anointed the eyes of the blind with the clay. or, spread theclay upon the eyes of the blind man.

Go.

2Ki 5:10-14

the pool.

11; Ne 3:15

Siloah.

Isa 8:6

Shiloah.

Sent.

10:36; Ro 8:3; Ga 4:4

and came.

39; 11:37; Ex 4:11; Ps 146:8; Isa 29:18,19; 32:3; 35:5; 42:7,16-18

Isa 43:8; Lu 2:32; Ac 26:18

John 9:32

Since.It is worthy of remark, that, from the foundation of the world, no person born blind had been restored to sight, even by surgical operation, till about the year 1728; when the celebrated Dr. Cheselden, by couching the eyes of a young man fourteen years of age, restored them to perfect vision. This was the effect of well-directed surgery; that performed by Christ was wholly a miracle, effected by the power of God. The simple means employed could have had no effect in this case, and were merely employed as symbols.

the world.

Job 20:4; Isa 64:4; Lu 1:70; Re 16:18