Lesson 33

Lesson Text:  John 9: 13-23

They brought him who formerly was blind to the Pharisees. Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He said to them, “He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”

 

Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.”  Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them. They said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him because He opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”

 

 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight.  And they asked them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”
 

His parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;  but by what means he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. He is of age; ask him. He will speak for himself.” His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue. Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.” (John 9: 13-23)

What must have Jesus felt like?  Every time He tried to help someone, every time He healed someone, every time He tried to tell the crowd about His Father, the Jewish leaders were like an angry little barking dog, nipping at His heels.  They never came to listen and learn.  They were always looking for ways to criticize Him or to condemn Him.

Jesus healed a blind man.  You would think everyone would be praising God!  Instead, the jealous Pharisees searched for a reason to lay fault on Jesus. They were jubilant when they realized He had healed the man on the Sabbath.  Because Jesus healed the blind man on the Sabbath they called Him a sinner!

Family Discussion

Why did the Pharisees call Jesus a sinner because He healed on the Sabbath?  What was the Law they were accusing Him of breaking?  Did He break it? 

    Who said it?

1. “He is of age; ask him.”

2. “This Man is not from God.”

3. “By what means he now sees we do not know.”

4.  “He put clay on my eyes.”

5.  “He said, “He is a prophet.”

6.  “Who opened his eyes we do not know.”

7. ”He does not keep the Sabbath.”

8.  “He will speak for himself.”

 9. “How then does he now see?”

10. “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?”

11. “What do you say about Him because He opened your eyes?”

12. “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”

13. “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind.”

Match:

14. Formerly or born                  __Synagogue

15. Clay                                       __Blind

16. Washed                                 __Feared

17. Sabbath                                __Division

18. Parents                                 __Sinner

19. Confessed                   __See      

20. Put out                      __Eyes                       

21. Pharisees/Others                 __Christ

True or False

22. It is okay to deny Jesus if we are afraid.

23. The blind man’s parents confessed their belief in Jesus.

24. The blind man said that Jesus was a prophet

25.  Jesus healed the blind man on the Sabbath.

26. The Jews called Jesus a sinner because He healed the blind man on the Sabbath.

 27. The Jews did not believe concerning the blind man, that he had been blind and received his sight, until they called the parents.

28. The blind man’s parents did not know who he was.

Please fill in the blanks:

29. They brought him who formerly was _____ to the Pharisees.

30. It was a ______when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.

31. Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his _______.

32. He said to them, “He put ____ on my eyes, and I _____, and I ____.”
 

33. The Pharisees said, “This Man is not from ____, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” 

34. They asked them, saying, “Is this your ___, who you say was ____ blind?

35. His ______  said, “He is of ____; ask him.”