John 9:17 Explained in Context

Read It With

• John 9:13-17

Read John 9:17 with 9:13-17. In isolation, this contribution—brings Investigators Divide over Sabbath and the Sign to its closing turn with wording that poses or answers the exchange's active question: “They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet”—can be detached from its speaker, question, sign, festival, conflict, or outcome. The complete unit establishes: The man is brought to Pharisees, explains the clay and washing, and becomes the center of a division between Sabbath-based accusation and recognition that a sinner could not perform such signs; he calls Jesus a prophet.

Why This Verse Appears Here

John 9:17 brings Investigators Divide over Sabbath and the Sign to its closing turn with wording that poses or answers the exchange's active question: “They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet”. As the closing turn in Investigators Divide over Sabbath and the Sign, it locates its force in the scene's sequence of claim and response: The man is brought to Pharisees, explains the clay and washing, and becomes the center of a division between Sabbath-based accusation and recognition that a sinner could not perform such signs; he calls Jesus a prophet.