The verses before us come right after Jesus performed this incredible miracle at the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem—the healing of the man born blind. But while this action has astonished many, it has triggered the Pharisees. They are livid with Jesus because he had the temerity to perform this miracle on the Sabbath, which they believed to be a violation of Moses’ Law.
So they are interrogating the man born blind trying to find out where Jesus is. And in the process they end up in a conflict with the healed man and throw him out of the synagogue. Whereas the blind man has had his eyes opened, the Pharisees seem to have their eyes closed. The blind man now sees, but the Pharisees are now blind. So let’s divide our study of this passage into three parts:
I. The Son of Man Seen (9:35-38)
II. The Son of Man Concealed (9:39-41)
III. The Son of Man as Shepherd (10:1-6)
