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Clue
to Historical Situation of Fourth Evangelist::
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9.22: His parents . . .were afraid of the
Jews: for the Jews had already
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agreed
that anyone who confessed Jesus as Messiah would be put out
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of
the synagogue.”
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Theological
Themes:
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Sight
and blindness: the blind man sees; the Pharisees are blind (9.41)
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[Irony]
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Signs
and Faith: How one (the blind man) gradually comes to faith:
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“that
man….from God” ….the Son of Man…and he worshipped him”
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(vv.
15, 33, .35-38)
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Judgment
and division: “I came into this world for judgment” (9.39)
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