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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The neighbors therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, is not this he that sat and begged? Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he. With that downright simplicity and shrewdness which marked his whole character, the man said, “I am he.” He did not go beating about the bush at all, but...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The neighbors therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind said, Is not this he that sat and begged? Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he. “There is no question about my identity, I am the same man whom you have seen sitting and begging, and I now come before you with my sight fully restored.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Others said, He is like him: They were cautious bodies. Joh_9:9. But he said, I am he. He knew there was no mistaking his witness.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened? He answered and said,— In his own quick, clear, intelligent way, for he was a man who evidently had twice as many eyes in his brain as other people had, even while he had none with which he could see: “He answered and said,”—
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened? He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. A very plain story, very well told. It is the story of every soul that gets the eternal light. “Christ told...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened? He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. Very straightforward, very concise, very accurate, and when we make answer about our conversion, it is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened? He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash; and I went and washed, and I received sight. I admire the brevity of his statement, the boldness of it, and the simple naiveté of it. The way in which he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened? He answered and said, a man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. It was only a short story, but it was very sweet to him, and he told it with no excess of detail, but with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash : and I went and washed, and I received sight. Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not. They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not. They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. That was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not. They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. Oh, that he would do the same thing, in a spiritual sense, this Sabbath day! On another occasion, when he had wrought a miracle on the Sabbath, and the Jews...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said I know not. Enough for him to know what he did know — that his eyes were opened, and how it was done. So sometimes I have known persons come upon the new convert with a question which has rather baffled him, and he has been troubled, because he could not answer it. Do not let it trouble you. You are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not. They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. Therefore, this act of Christ would be something horrible in the eyes of the Pharisees. They would make out that Christ, when he made the clay, had turned...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not. There are a good many things concerning Christ which you may not know, but if you know that he has opened your eyes, you may be well content with the knowledge of that until he shall be pleased to reveal more about himself to you.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. So you may be sure that the Pharisees would be down upon him for that, because, according to the Rabbis, the making of the clay to put upon this man’s eyes would be a kind of brick-making, and they would bring him...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. I am sure that this was a very distressing sight to them, for there was nothing that ever grieved their hearts more than for Christ’s power to be displayed. They did not want to see the blind man whose eyes Christ had opened; if the miracle brought Christ any glory, it brought them just...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it was the Sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. That seemed to be the principal question with them; they always wanted to know the manner in which Christ’s cures were wrought.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. Now that he has to deal with Pharisees, he will not waste a word upon them. The more often he tells the story, the shorter it becomes. That is not the usual rule with stories; they generally grow like...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight, He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them. They...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. He is shorter with them. Some tales grow in telling. His gets shorter. Besides, he has to deal with captious people; end then the least said the soonest mended; and this shrewd man thought so.