FAUSTI - External healing is a sign of inner healing, which takes place through dialogue that explains and makes reality happen, both in the blind and in those who read with their own eyes, without prejudice. in the dialogue that follows, the Word, the Light of men, just shines in the eyes of the blind man who witnesses it, he confronts himself with the voices of darkness. Now the interrogations of the former blind man begin, beginning with his neighbors and acquaintances to whom his previous condition was well known. for those who are accustomed to seeing him sitting begging, the new situation poses a problem. Is it him or someone else? The former blind man has no truth to prove: he has an obvious novelty to show. The starting point is the man, called Jesus, Who set in motion his new identity, with His mud and His Word. Jesus means: the Lord saves. Now the blind see . Jesus, however, having completed His work, leaves elsewhere. He waits for them to look freely for Him to know "where He is". Only in this way he can know "Who is" and can dwell with Him and adhere to Him. The dialogue with others, for or against, puts the former blind man on the road to seek and find light. The former blind man still doesn't know where Jesus lives. He will know this thanks to His adversaries. Not all Pharisees were hostile to Jesus and the Christian community. Nicodemus (3:1...) is the prototype of the Pharisees and leaders who believed in Him. However, from 7:32, the Pharisees became His declared enemies. Here they institute a process against the ex-blind, in which his path of enlightenment will also be completed. The process of faith is the same as that of unbelief, only that one remains in the darkness of its own prejudices, the other comes to enjoy the light of truth. The process has successive stages, which will immerse the protagonists more and more in darkness or light. The Pharisees start from a prejudice, which for them is unquestionable. Jesus, making mud on the Sabbath, transgressed the divine law (5:10): he is a sinner. The Pharisees are interested that he has made mud on Saturdays, neglecting the fact that this is how He opened eyes to the blind. When will devout people of different religions know that what is against man is against God? To see is to come to light and to see the face of the One who has generated us. Who makes us come to the light and generates us children? The law, which wants us as slaves, or the work of the Son of Man, which makes us free? For parents it is a threat, if this one, who now see , is their son. According to the authorities, they should deny that he is their son or that he was born blind. Parents do not want or can testify: they are blind, with their eyes closed for fear of the bosses. The former blind man is old, he is an adult, and speaks for himself, he is responsible. For this reason, unlike those who generated it in the darkness, it is free and not subject to the fear of the bosses. Until then, they had lived together as brothers: Christians were simply those Jews who had recognized in Jesus the promised Christ. The Church of John is still in shock for having been excluded from the synagogue because of his faith in the Messiah. This expulsion will be read positively in c.10 as an action of the "beautiful shepherd". which takes His sheep out of the sheepfolds where they are locked up and exploited, to gain free access to the pastures of life.
FAUSTI - External healing is a sign of inner healing, which takes place through dialogue that explains and makes reality happen, both in the blind and in those who read with their own eyes, without prejudice.
RispondiEliminain the dialogue that follows, the Word, the Light of men, just shines in the eyes of the blind man who witnesses it, he confronts himself with the voices of darkness. Now the interrogations of the former blind man begin, beginning with his neighbors and acquaintances to whom his previous condition was well known. for those who are accustomed to seeing him sitting begging, the new situation poses a problem. Is it him or someone else?
The former blind man has no truth to prove: he has an obvious novelty to show. The starting point is the man, called Jesus, Who set in motion his new identity, with His mud and His Word. Jesus means: the Lord saves.
Now the blind see . Jesus, however, having completed His work, leaves elsewhere. He waits for them to look freely for Him to know "where He is".
Only in this way he can know "Who is" and can dwell with Him and adhere to Him. The dialogue with others, for or against, puts the former blind man on the road to seek and find light. The former blind man still doesn't know where Jesus lives. He will know this thanks to His adversaries.
Not all Pharisees were hostile to Jesus and the Christian community. Nicodemus (3:1...) is the prototype of the Pharisees and leaders who believed in Him. However, from 7:32, the Pharisees became His declared enemies. Here they institute a process against the ex-blind, in which his path of enlightenment will also be completed. The process of faith is the same as that of unbelief, only that one remains in the darkness of its own prejudices, the other comes to enjoy the light of truth. The process has successive stages, which will immerse the protagonists more and more in darkness or light. The Pharisees start from a prejudice, which for them is unquestionable. Jesus, making mud on the Sabbath, transgressed the divine law (5:10): he is a sinner. The Pharisees are interested that he has made mud on Saturdays, neglecting the fact that this is how He opened eyes to the blind.
When will devout people of different religions know that what is against man is against God?
To see is to come to light and to see the face of the One who has generated us.
Who makes us come to the light and generates us children? The law, which wants us as slaves, or the work of the Son of Man, which makes us free?
For parents it is a threat, if this one, who now see , is their son.
According to the authorities, they should deny that he is their son or that he was born blind.
Parents do not want or can testify: they are blind, with their eyes closed for fear of the bosses.
The former blind man is old, he is an adult, and speaks for himself, he is responsible.
For this reason, unlike those who generated it in the darkness, it is free and not subject to the fear of the bosses.
Until then, they had lived together as brothers: Christians were simply those Jews who had recognized in Jesus the promised Christ.
The Church of John is still in shock for having been excluded from the synagogue because of his faith in the Messiah. This expulsion will be read positively in c.10 as an action of the "beautiful shepherd". which takes His sheep out of the sheepfolds where they are locked up and exploited, to gain free access to the pastures of life.